Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, Prof. Gyimah-Boadi questioned the criteria she used in determining which of the mandate the commission must concentrate on.<\/p>\n[contextly_sidebar id=”Y3xExiNlSijBwI9EPpKGOkMqWYL4rzqK”]\u201cWe need to get some answers because\u2026when it comes to human rights, there are a lot of agencies dealing with human rights\u2026Conflict of interest among public officials and corruption among public officials, these are key,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
He further chastised her for failing to carry out her constitutional mandate by concentrating on the human rights aspect to the detriment of ridding the country of corruption.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf she decides to focus on areas for which there are other equally good state service providers and ignores the aspects of her mandate where by virtue of its constitutional independence, is uniquely placed to discharge, that I will consider to an abuse of power,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n
According to him, Ghanaians do not politicize the activities and investigations of CHRAJ unlike that of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), the Ghana Police Service, the Criminal and Investigation Department (CID), the Attorney General (AG).<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen they conduct investigations, they tend to be politicized so CHRAJ does have a constitutional locus that should enable it to do a much better and great independence to do a better job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The CDD boss asked Ms Lamptey to examine how her predecessors, Anna Bossman and Justice Emile Short were lauded for \u201cdoing work which we all appreciated and how can she have sort refuge in the softer side of her mandate.\u201d<\/p>\n
He is therefore calling for an urgent review to be made to the processes through which heads of constitutional bodies such as CHRAJ are appointed saying, \u201cI think we need to revisit the leadership of these institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
He stressed that the review is needed because \u201cthe performance of this lady calls into question the Council of State at the time which consulted in the making of this appointment and what did they know that made the approve it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prof Gyimah-Boadi bemoaned the growing trend where the filling of important state constitutional bodies \u201cis increasingly becoming a unilateral decision by the Presidency. What background check was done?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWould anybody have appointed this lady for her to be an Appeals Court judge which is the equivalent of the position that she currently occupies?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n
He continued saying, \u201cwhen you put somebody at her age in a position like that, then that person performs abysmally and would not allow herself to be corrected\u2026 for these reasons alone, I think that we have to revisit this whole process of appointing\u2026because once you have them, you have to live with them.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Click on link below to listen to Prof. Gyimah-Boadi speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong><\/p>\n