{"id":450955,"date":"2017-12-30T03:12:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T03:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/30\/chraj-findings-cite-ofori-atta-for-criminality-minority\/"},"modified":"2017-12-30T03:12:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T03:12:29","slug":"chraj-findings-cite-ofori-atta-for-criminality-minority","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/30\/chraj-findings-cite-ofori-atta-for-criminality-minority\/","title":{"rendered":"CHRAJ findings cite Ofori-Atta for criminality \u2013 Minority"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Saturday, 30 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-30<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/24334665.295.jpg\" alt=\"Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta 2018 Budget\" title=\"Finance Minister Ken Ofori Atta 2018 Budget\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister<\/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\/1514603549_681_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Minority in Parliament says the findings of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on a complaint filed over the $2.25 billion bond issued in April cites Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta for criminality.<\/p>\n<p>The Minority claims CHRAJ\u2019s decision \u201cagrees largely with our stated position from the very beginning\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by leader Haruna Iddrisu on Friday, the Minority said the media got it wrong by reporting that the findings by the state human rights body cleared the Finance Minister.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCHRAJ in its summary of key findings noted several breaches of statutory regulations governing the issuance of bonds and cited the Minister for conduct bordering on criminality,\u201d Mr Iddrisu said in the statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the considered position of the Minority that the adverse findings contained in the decision of the CHRAJ vindicate our position that the US$ 2.25 Billion bond issuance was fraught with irregularities and did not comply with Ghanaian law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The complaint was filed by Yaw Brogya Gyamfi for punitive action to be taken against the Minister due to conflict of interest.<\/p>\n<p>In his complaint, Mr Bogya gyamfi said the bonds were purchased by a Franklin Templeton manager, Trevor Trefgarne, who is a friend of the Minister\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on 3FM\u2019s Midday News on Friday, Mr Brogya Gyamfi commended CHRAJ for staking pains to come to the conclusion of investigations.<\/p>\n<p>He says he is still studying the report, which was handed to him on Friday, December 22.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, so far, he has not reached a point where CHRAJ clears the Finance Minister of wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: 32 --><\/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 Saturday, 30 December 2017 Source: 3news.com 2017-12-30 Ken Ofori-Atta, Finance Minister The Minority in Parliament says the findings of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on a complaint filed over the $2.25 billion bond issued in April cites Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-Atta for criminality. 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