{"id":51001,"date":"2014-09-25T13:23:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-25T13:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=51001"},"modified":"2014-09-25T13:38:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-25T13:38:19","slug":"petition-to-impeach-chraj-boss-hasnt-reached-us-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/petition-to-impeach-chraj-boss-hasnt-reached-us-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"Petition to impeach CHRAJ boss hasn\u2019t reached us \u2013 Gov\u2019t"},"content":{"rendered":"
Government has said it is yet to receive any petition for the impeachment of Commissioner of the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Lauretta Vivian Lamptey.<\/p>\n
The Nsawam-Adoagyiri Member of Parliament (MP), Frank Annoh-Dompreh, on Tuesday said he had petitioned President John Mahama<\/strong><\/span><\/a> over Ms. Lamptey\u2019s decision to spend about $180,000 on rent alone<\/strong><\/span><\/a> with a space of three years.<\/p>\n He subsequently told Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0because the President is not in the country, he presented the petition to officials at the Flagstaff House.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”rQ3qV5fMsgzd3bY8rW5DUIfE8jFtln8N”]In the petition which was cited by citifmonline.com<\/strong>, the MP said the conduct of the CHRAJ boss was unfortunate especially at a time Ghana is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a possible bail out.<\/p>\n He expressed the hope that the President will forward the petition to \u201cthe appropriate quarters for an action.\u201d<\/p>\n 48 hours on however, a Deputy Communications Minister, Ato Sarpong has told Citi News<\/strong>, the Presidency has not received the said petition.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m sure if he submitted it at the Flagstaff House, definitely it will get to the office of the President but as we speak now, the office of the President has not received any such petition and that is what I know,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n According to him, since he [Sarpong] heard the news in the media, he personally checked if the petition had been submitted at the Flagstaff House but there petition is nowhere to be found.<\/p>\n \u201cI was at the Flagstaff House and it had not been received when I checked and this morning [Thursday], I have checked and it\u2019s not been received yet,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n