{"id":351299,"date":"2017-09-07T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=351299"},"modified":"2017-11-10T12:04:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:04:27","slug":"committee-invites-martin-amidu-over-special-prosecutor-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/committee-invites-martin-amidu-over-special-prosecutor-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Committee invites Martin Amidu over Special Prosecutor Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee of Parliament has invited former Attorney General, <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/25\/dont-undermine-corruption-fight-in-special-prosecutors-bill-martin-amidu\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Martin Amidu<\/strong><\/span><\/a> to appear before to committee to present his recommendations on the office of the Special Prosecutor Bill 2017.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Chairman of the Committee, Ben Abdallah, the move forms part of efforts by the committee to receive inputs from the general public on the subject before it is passed into law.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;7dWYFndaA7nJQXoF9iT7vFLrVE87ZBnL&#8221;]\u201cThis Bill is not final, we are yet to receive inputs from the general public. Martin Amidu himself who has brought out his perspective on the seeming inconsistency of the bill has been written to and we are hoping that Martin Amidu will heed to the invitation of the committee and appear before the committee to share his thoughts,\u201d Ben Abdallah said on <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf in the wisdom of the plenary, Martin Amidu\u2019s position so far as the law is concerned is a sound position, the plenary will take same on board,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, although there is a general sense of urgency and expectation that the committee works speedily on the Bill, it is being minded to work diligently to ensure that it does not err in its work.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Amidu, in what he described as a <a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/06\/a-critique-of-the-office-of-the-special-prosecutor-bill-by-martin-amidu\/\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>critique of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>questioned why there\u2019s a clause that seeks to limit the Special Prosecutor to specific crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Amidu noted that the success of the office would be largely dependent on the integrity of the President to ensure the office works without any interference and gets the necessary resources to deliver on its mandate without fear or favour.<\/p>\n<p>But reacting to the issues raised by Martin Amidu, Ben Abdallah said although the powers of the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/09\/06\/martin-amidu-punches-holes-into-special-prosecutor-bill-2017\/\"><strong>Special Prosecutor<\/strong><\/a><\/span> must not be limited, he believes that the Office of the Special Prosecutor must not be compelled to chase every act of corruption but be guided by the quantum of the acts of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery corruption is corruption, but if we don\u2019t circumscribe the jurisdiction of the office of the Special Prosecutor with the respect to kinds of corruption that the Special Prosecutor can deal with, we may have a situation where the special Prosecutor is compelled to deal with any kind of corruption at all no matter the quantum of the money allegedly embezzled, \u201d Ben Abdallah said.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Prosecutor office is to enable the government deal with issues of corruption, especially among state officials.<\/p>\n<p>It was one of the major promises made by President Akufo-Addo as part of his plans to deal with corruption in government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee of Parliament has invited former Attorney General, Martin Amidu to appear before to committee to present his recommendations on the office of the Special Prosecutor Bill 2017. 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