{"id":451624,"date":"2018-01-02T15:01:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/02\/ignore-witch-hunting-claims-speed-up-creation-of-special-prosecutor-office-gii\/"},"modified":"2018-01-02T15:01:47","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T15:01:47","slug":"ignore-witch-hunting-claims-speed-up-creation-of-special-prosecutor-office-gii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/02\/ignore-witch-hunting-claims-speed-up-creation-of-special-prosecutor-office-gii\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignore witch-hunting claims, speed up creation of Special Prosecutor Office \u2013 GII"},"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,  2 January 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-01-02<\/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\/77475022.295.jpg\" alt=\"Linda Ofori Kwafokj1\" title=\"Linda Ofori Kwafokj1\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>GII Executive Director, Linda Ofori-Kwafo<\/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\/1514905307_542_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) Executive Director has charged president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to speed up processes in the creation of the Office of Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>Linda Ofori-Kwafo said there are a number of corruption-related cases that require swift action by the government.<\/p>\n<p>Not much has, however, been done on them even though the government claims it is working on them, she told Araba Koomson on Joy FM\u2019s Midday News Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The major hurdle in the creation of the OSP has been cleared after the president assented to the bill passed by Parliament in November last year.<\/p>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo has said he will not compromise in the prosecution of former government officials who fall foul of the law, despite claims of witch-hunting.<\/p>\n<p>The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the president\u2019s anti-corruption crusade as targeted at its members.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is estimated to lose $4billion annually to corruption at the expense of much-needed infrastructure development.<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of the huge losses, the GII boss said it cannot be business as usual if the country wants to rid itself of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWitch-hunting will always come up [but] we have gone past that stage,\u201d Ms Ofori-Kwafo said, challenging the president to fast-track the process of creating the OSP.<\/p>\n<p>She said the structure needs to be ready and the process for the appointment of the prosecutor has to start.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the OSP should focus on corruption cases in the past regime or the current administration, she said that should be determined by the prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>But \u201cdealing with corruption and punishing people engaging in acts of corruption, I don\u2019t think time and who did what matters,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 49 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 Tuesday, 2 January 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-01-02 GII Executive Director, Linda Ofori-Kwafo The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) Executive Director has charged president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to speed up processes in the creation of the Office of Special Prosecutor. 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