{"id":451312,"date":"2018-01-01T03:09:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T03:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/01\/my-appointees-wont-run-from-prosecution-mahama\/"},"modified":"2018-01-01T03:09:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-01T03:09:18","slug":"my-appointees-wont-run-from-prosecution-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/01\/my-appointees-wont-run-from-prosecution-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"My appointees won\u2019t run from prosecution \u2013 Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  1 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Starrfmonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-01-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/11093420.295.jpg\" alt=\"Nana3 Mahama22\" title=\"Nana3 Mahama22\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with Former President John Mahama<\/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\/2018\/01\/1514776158_40_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former president John Dramani Mahama has served notice his appointees are ever ready to account for their stewardship in court.<\/p>\n<p>He has therefore called on party faithful to throw their weight behind any appointee who may be hauled before court over allegations of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently, President Akufo-Addo was threatening members of our administration with prosecution when he visited the Eastern Region and I said yes, we are prepared to accept the probity of our tenure in office,\u201d Mahama said at the 36th anniversary commemoration of the 31st December Revolution held in Ho in the Volta region on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cHaving been the disciples of probity and accountability, we must not run away from probity and accountability, we must be prepared to face any prosecution that this government throws to us, but we must do this with commitment and solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSolidarity with our colleagues who will fall foul of the law because the law says you are innocent until proven guilty by competence and justice of the court, and so we cannot pronounce our colleagues guilty on the basis of allegations by the NPP.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey will have their day in court and until they have that day in court, it is our duty to solidarize with them to make sure they have the best legal representation to be able to put their case in order, and it is my wish that things will turn out well for them,\u201d Mahama prayed.<\/p>\n<p>However, he has thrown a challenge to President Akufo-Addo to deal with corrupt officials within his government as a test case of his resolve to fight corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me point out that the easiest part in the fight against corruption is prosecuting your political opponent. It does not take courage, it does not take bravery to prosecute one\u2019s political opponent. The true test in the fight against corruption is holding your own people accountable when they go wrong\u2026 We must not pursue post regime accountability, we must pursue accountability while your regime exists,\u201d Mahama pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the principles of probity, accountability and social justice which underpinned the 31st December 1981 revolution cannot be lost on the NDC, as is an offspring junta.<\/p>\n<p>He said even though the tenets of probity and accountability as practiced during the revolution era could differ from constitutional era, the party was well awake to its founding principle.<\/p>\n<p>The event brought together the rank and file of the NDC as well as party stalwarts to reflect on the theme \u2018Uniting around the principles of Probity, accountability and social Justice.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mahama also used the opportunity to urge party faithful to commit to the reorganisation process of the party ahead of election 2020.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 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 Monday, 1 January 2018 Source: Starrfmonline.com 2018-01-01 President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo with Former President John Mahama Former president John Dramani Mahama has served notice his appointees are ever ready to account for their stewardship in court. 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