{"id":410725,"date":"2018-03-18T16:29:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T16:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=410725"},"modified":"2018-03-18T16:29:43","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T16:29:43","slug":"witch-hunt-claims-must-stop-it-undermines-judiciary-casely-hayford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/witch-hunt-claims-must-stop-it-undermines-judiciary-casely-hayford\/","title":{"rendered":"Witch-hunt claims must stop, it undermines judiciary – Casely-Hayford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anti-corruption campaigner, Sydney Casely-Hayford, has condemned the constant claims of witch-hunting anytime people are prosecuted by governments for alleged offences, saying such comments undermine the country’s judiciary, and wanes public confidence in the justice system.<\/p>\n

The National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), together with the Ashanti Regional branch of the party, have both alleged that the government is witch-hunting former COCOBOD boss, Dr. Stephen Opuni, following the AG\u2019s lawsuit against him.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”Iavn39MZJ5S0csqGN90xeF0986FEd0E3″]Other members of the NDC have repeated these suggestions.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Citi FM’s The Big Issue<\/strong>, Casely-Hayford\u00a0said the frequent claims of witch-hunting by spokespersons of both the NDC and NPP anytime one of their members is prosecuted for wrongdoing does not augur well for the country\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbuga Pele was not charged the NPP government. It was done by the NDC government and he has been found to be guilty\u2026 It transcended the change of government and that time when he was done, the same thing again, witch-hunting. In the case of Montie 3, [they said] witch-hunting. \u00a0Every time there has been anybody who is identified for a wrongdoing, NDC has come out to say it is witch-hunting. The NPP too does the same. It is becoming a politician\u2019s and a political thing and it is time to stop all that,\u201d he said on The Big Issue on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u2018Opuni is a victim of witch-hunting\u2019 <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Ashanti Regional chapter of the NDC, following the Attorney General\u2019s filing of a lawsuit against Dr. Opuni last week for allegedly causing financial loss to the statd, claimed that the state was witch-hunting the former COCOBOD boss.<\/p>\n

In a statement on the matter, it said it was appalled by the \u201c[government\u2019s] exceptional determination to destroy the reputation of a man who has labored to transform the cocoa sector in Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Organizer of the NDC, Kofi Adams has described the prosecution of the former COCOBOD boss as injustice<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said the government is only making frantic efforts to cause public disaffection towards the previous NDC administration by smearing former state officials with allegations of corruption and initiating legal action against them for same, although its own officials have been cited for various acts of corruption.<\/p>\n

But according to Sydney Casely-Hayford, who is also a member of OccupyGhana, such statements are unhealthy, as they indirectly suggest that the country\u2019s judiciary is weak.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to stop undermining the judicial services, stop undermining the law and stop putting into the heads of the people of this country that there is an attempt to try and castigate a certain group of persons in our society. Let the rule of law prevail. It is not a witch-hunt. To continue to do this means that we undermine and don\u2019t have any confidence in the judicial system and this is wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u2018Dr. Opuni charged\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Attorney General last week filed some 27 counts including a charge of\u00a0causing financial loss to the state<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0against Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni.<\/p>\n

He is being sued together with one Seidu Agongo, CEO of Zeera Group of Companies and Agricult Ghana Limited, beneficiaries of a supposed fraudulent fertilizer contract worth over GH\u00a243 million.<\/p>\n

The first court hearing has been scheduled for March 23, 2018.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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