{"id":461704,"date":"2018-02-05T21:21:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/good-to-have-more-cooks-ace-backs-domelevo-request-for-power-to-prosecute\/"},"modified":"2018-02-05T21:21:25","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:21:25","slug":"good-to-have-more-cooks-ace-backs-domelevo-request-for-power-to-prosecute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/05\/good-to-have-more-cooks-ace-backs-domelevo-request-for-power-to-prosecute\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Good to have more cooks&#8217; &#8211; Ace backs Domelevo request for power to prosecute"},"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,  5 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-05<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/29525133.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ace Ankomah Kojo1\" title=\"Ace Ankomah Kojo1\" width=\"295\" height=\"192\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ace Ankomah<\/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\/02\/1517865685_766_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Legal practitioner Ace Ankomah has backed an application by the Auditor-General for prosecutorial powers .<\/p>\n<p>Hailing the request as &#8220;very revolutionary&#8221; the anti-corruption campaigner said the application from Daniel Domelevo to the Attorney-General is &#8220;doable&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo has explained his request is to help make mismanagement of public funds a prohibitive option following years of impunity in the mismanagement of public funds.<\/p>\n<p>He said on Joy FM Top Story, the Attorney-General&#8217;s Department appears overwhelmed by cases to prosecute including damning findings in the Department&#8217;s annual report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the Attorney-General gives me a fiat which I have applied for, you will see me in action&#8221;, the tough-talking Domelevo said at a press conference where he released the 2016 Auditor-General&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Domelevo said his request &#8220;shouldn&#8217;t be any complex thing&#8221; although the Attorney-General&#8217;s Department appears to be suggesting his request is not &#8220;simple&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Bodies like the Ghana Police Service, Economic and Organised Crime Office all have prosecutorial powers ceded from the Attorney-General under Article 88 of the 1992 constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The latest addition to the ranks of statutory bodies with prosecutorial powers is the Office of the Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>The Special Prosecutor is the Akufo-Addo government&#8217;s attempt to depoliticise the prosecution of political corruption.<\/p>\n<p>The SP is independent and enjoys the security of tenure aimed at boosting the confidence of the office-holder to go after targets without fear or favour.<\/p>\n<p>The Auditor-General appears eager to play a more meaningful role in fighting mismanagement of public funds after years of simply preparing reports.<\/p>\n<p>Domelevo who has made no secret of his delight at a Supreme Court judgment that ordered his department to disallow and surcharge persons who abuse public funds, wants to do more.<\/p>\n<p>Ace Ankomah whose group OccupyGhana went to the Supreme Court to obtain the judgment said the prosecutorial power if granted the Auditor-General should be clearly spelt out to avoid conflicting jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>He explained this power could be simply couched as granting Daniel Domelevo specific powers to tackle special cases.<\/p>\n<p>He offered that the powers could be stated as giving the Auditor-General powers to prosecute offences arising out of the Auditor-General&#8217;s report.<\/p>\n<p>Ace Ankomah said he does not expect the granting of extra powers to need parliamentary approval as was the case of the Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>That office is an entirely new creation while the Auditor-General is an existing one asking for expanded powers.<\/p>\n<p>Ace Ankomah said the request for more powers for the Auditor-General is long overdue because the Attorney-General&#8217;s Department is &#8220;swamped&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said although too many cooks spoil the broth, more cooks, in this case, is a good thing as long as the &#8216;cooks&#8217; know their roles and are constantly communicating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is nothing wrong with having cooks if you determine what each cook can cook&#8221;, he went on with his analogy and explained, &#8220;one is cooking the soups, one is cooking the yams and one is cooking the stews.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 31 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, 5 February 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2018-02-05 Ace Ankomah Legal practitioner Ace Ankomah has backed an application by the Auditor-General for prosecutorial powers . Hailing the request as &#8220;very revolutionary&#8221; the anti-corruption campaigner said the application from Daniel Domelevo to the Attorney-General is &#8220;doable&#8221;. The Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo has explained his request [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":408364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-461704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=461704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}