{"id":451262,"date":"2017-12-31T19:07:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T19:07:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/31\/we-wont-run-from-accountability-mahama-unfazed-by-prosecution-threats\/"},"modified":"2017-12-31T19:07:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T19:07:55","slug":"we-wont-run-from-accountability-mahama-unfazed-by-prosecution-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/31\/we-wont-run-from-accountability-mahama-unfazed-by-prosecution-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"We won&#8217;t run from accountability &#8211; Mahama unfazed by prosecution threats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Sunday, 31 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-31<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/86652611.295.jpg\" alt=\"Former President John Mahama Dramani Mahama\" title=\"Former President John Mahama Dramani Mahama\" width=\"295\" height=\"167\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>John Dramani Mahama, former President of Ghana<\/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\/1514747275_603_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former president John Mahama says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not be cowered by threats to prosecute alleged corrupt past government officials.<\/p>\n<p>He told hundreds of supporters at the 36th-Anniversary celebration of the 31st December Revolution in Ho Sunday, NDC members who will fall foul of the law will have their day in court.<\/p>\n<p>But he wants the party members to stop pronouncing \u201cour colleagues\u201d guilty just because the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said they are. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is my wish that things will turn out well,\u201d the ex-president said.<\/p>\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has repeated his commitment to try all past government officials found to have engaged in questionable transactions during their tenure.<\/p>\n<p>Touring parts of the Eastern Region last two weeks, he told Ghanaians not to see the &#8220;trial of people for various corrupt acts&#8221; as a political action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a criminal trial. We\u2019re not using it for political purses. We\u2019re doing it to enforce the criminal laws of our country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Already, the immediate past Director-General of the National Communications Authority (NCA), William Tevie and four others are standing trial for allegedly causing financial loss to the state.<\/p>\n<p>The five reportedly withdrew $4million from the Authority&#8217;s account to pay an Israeli company for a counter-terrorism device but ended up paying $1million and shared the rest.<\/p>\n<p>There are other pending matters such as the financial mismanagement at the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and the then Ghana Youth Employment and Entrepreneurial Development Authority (GYEEDA).<\/p>\n<p>Although Mr Mahama has said the NDC is ready for the trial of its members, he has asked for fairness in the prosecution of persons found to have engaged in corrupt practices. <\/p>\n<p>He noted the easiest part in the fight against corruption is to prosecute one\u2019s opponent. This \u201cdoesn\u2019t take courage,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>The ex-president explained the \u201ctrue test is holding your own people accountable when they go wrong.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He challenged president Akufo-Addo to let the sword of justice &#8220;cut both ways&#8221; in his attempt to dredge the country of corruption.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 39 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Sunday, 31 December 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-12-31 John Dramani Mahama, former President of Ghana Former president John Mahama says the National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not be cowered by threats to prosecute alleged corrupt past government officials. 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