{"id":443962,"date":"2017-12-05T17:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T17:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/we-are-losing-the-fight-against-corruption-emile-short\/"},"modified":"2017-12-05T17:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T17:30:27","slug":"we-are-losing-the-fight-against-corruption-emile-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/05\/we-are-losing-the-fight-against-corruption-emile-short\/","title":{"rendered":"We are losing the fight against corruption &#8211; Emile Short"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  5 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96179611.295.jpg\" alt=\"Emile Short Speaks Lls\" title=\"Emile Short Speaks Lls\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Emile Short, Former Commissioner of CHRAJ<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512495027_421_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former Chair of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Francis Emile Short is concerned the Akufo-Addo government has not done much in the fight against corruption, almost a year in office.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Short observes, the lack of a concrete action on the numerous corruption allegations reported in the media over the last two years, is an indication of the fact that we are \u201closing the fight against corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has been criticised by a section of the public, especially supporters of the governing New Patriotic Party for not taking action against people in the previous government accused of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the disappointment, the Senior Minister, Yaw Osafo Maafo said the government does not want to jump into prosecuting people when facts and evidence to back what they are alleged to have done have not been established.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t want to do this in a hurry, we must do thorough investigation\u2026we must do it in such a way that people who have wronged the system are identified through thorough investigation and they will answer for their crimes,\u201d he said Monday at the launch of the National Anti-corruption and Transparency week in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>Although Justice Emile Short appreciates the Senior Minister\u2019s position for the need for the state to conduct thorough investigations into the allegations before it initiates prosecution, he said, some of the cases could commence by the Attorney-General and the Director of Public Prosecutions.<\/p>\n<p>He is unimpressed with the efforts made so far and called on the government to do \u201csomething drastic to deal with this canker of corruption.\u201d A lack of prosecution on several of the reported cases \u201csends a wrong message to the public,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we are doing much; I think we are losing the fight against corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He stated that: \u201cThis government has been in power for 11 months but the only significant step seems to have been taken is the creation of the office of the special prosecutor\u2026there hasn\u2019t been accountability of the many allegations that has made its way into the media over the last 24months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to see some concrete actions being taken about the series of corruption allegations that have been reported over the last 34-36 months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is the need to deal with corruption cases expeditiously and I don\u2019t think we are seeing that,\u201d he argued, while advocating a massive national support for the fight just as was done in the fight against illegal mining commonly called \u2018galamsey\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 57 updated by: 57 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 5 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-05 Emile Short, Former Commissioner of CHRAJ Former Chair of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Francis Emile Short is concerned the Akufo-Addo government has not done much in the fight against corruption, almost a year in office. 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