{"id":391059,"date":"2018-01-13T07:38:44","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T07:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=391059"},"modified":"2018-01-13T10:17:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-13T10:17:35","slug":"lawyer-downplays-amidus-appointment-as-special-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/lawyer-downplays-amidus-appointment-as-special-prosecutor\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawyer downplays Amidu’s appointment as Special Prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"
A Private Legal Practitioner and Greater Accra Regional Youth Organizer of the NDC, Edudzi Tamaklo has raised doubts over Martin Amidu’s ability to deliver on his mandate as Special Prosecutor given his limited success when he served as Attorney General.<\/p>\n
Martin Amidu was named as the Special Prosecutor by the President on Thursday January 11, 2018.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”wmpQ08mJjJhuOJPAegcPZCvh9QfJVurb”]He is expected to be approved by Parliament in the coming days.<\/p>\n
Though many have since commended the President’s nomination, with some describing it as a masterstroke,\u00a0Mr. Tamakloe believes Mr. Amidu will not bring anything new to the table, given that he failed to prosecute many corruption-related cases when he served as Attorney General under former President, John Evans Atta Mills.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we cannot also take away is the fact that the conduct of the person appointed is there for all to see. You cannot dismiss those concerns. With the greatest respect, he was the Attorney General from 1992 to 2000 until he became running mate to Prof. Mills. Maybe. Can you tell me the number of corruption cases that he prosecuted? Having become the Attorney General to Prof. Mills, we all do know the number of criminal cases that he prosecuted so where is this business?”<\/p>\n