Martin Amidu<\/strong><\/p>\nSpecial
\nProsecutor Martin Amidu has demanded an unqualified apology from National
\nDemocratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament (MP) Cassiel Ato Forson for
\nallegedly defaming him in a matter relating to judgment debt.<\/p>\n
The
\nAjumako-Enyan-Esiam MP and a member of Parliamentary Select Committee on
\nFinance had recently insinuated that \u201csums of money paid to or extended in
\nfavour of Martin A.B.K. Amidu by Government of Ghana pursuant to the terms of
\nsettlement and the consent judgment and order (s) by the High Court in Suit No:
\nAP 159\/2013 between Martin A.B.K. Amidu vrs the Attorney-General were judgment
\ndebts dubiously paid to the Special Prosecutor by the Government of Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n
The
\nMinister of Finance on July 12 on the floor of Parliament said that government
\nhad paid over GH\u00a2280
\nmillion since it assumed office in 2017 out of the nation\u2019s judgment debt which
\nstood at over GH\u00a2679
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
Mr
\nAmidu in a statement demanding apology from the MP said \u201cthe Minister of
\nFinance in answering those questions did not mention the names of the
\ninstitution or individual persons to whom the alleged judgment debts were owed
\nor paid.\u201d<\/p>\n
According
\nto him, \u201cIn spite of the refusal or failure of the Minister for Finance to
\nidentify the organizations or persons to whom the alleged judgment debts were
\npaid when demanded a breakdown of the particulars of the payments on the floor
\nof Parliament, you Hon. Cassiel Ato Baah Forson chose to call and address a
\npress conference outside the floor and chamber of Parliament, where you had
\nimmunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cImmediately
\nthereafter in which you intentionally and maliciously named only three entities
\nabout whom you made the following statements, amongst others \u2018we are hearing
\nand on authority we are hearing that they have paid the likes of McDan, they
\nhave paid Bankswitch, they have paid even the Special Prosecutor an amount of
\njudgment debt, as to whether they qualify to receive that amount is something
\nwe will have to investigate\u2019,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd
\nthat is why I requested the minister responsible for finance to give us a break
\ndown\u2026I also don\u2019t think that in the case of the Special Prosecutor\u2026I hear he
\nwent to court, there was a default judgment and the Special Prosecutor has been
\npaid some amount for the fact that he was wrongfully sacked as a minister of
\nstate whether that qualifies as judgment debt or not we want to seek further
\nand better particulars,\u201d the Special Prosecutor stated.<\/p>\n
He
\nadded that \u201cin making and causing the defamatory materials to be published
\nabout me in my current official capacity as the Special Prosecutor, you as a
\nformer Deputy Minister for Finance from 2013 to 6th January, 2017, and the
\ncurrent Ranking Member of the Finance Committee of Parliament knew that I had
\nnot obtained any judgment or order(s) from any court of competent jurisdiction
\nin my capacity as the Special Prosecutor to be paid any judgment debt since my
\nnomination, approval and appointment to the Office of the Special Prosecutor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Giving chronology of how he sued the government and got judgment from a court of competent jurisdiction, Mr Amidu said the NDC MP\u2019s action was clearly to defame him in person and subject him to public ridicule.<\/p>\n
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