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The Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Joseph Whittal, has joined calls for the review of the Commission\u2019s mandate to give CHRAJ the opportunity to undertake investigations suo moto.<\/p>\n
In the latest Afrobarometer report, it was discovered that majority of Ghanaians were afraid to report acts of corruption for fear that they may be victimized in the process.<\/p>\n
According to the Commissioner, when the Commission\u2019s mandate is extended to include \u2018suo moto\u2019 investigations, it will open the floodgates for people to complain to the Commission without having to be named.<\/p>\n
Again, it will make the Commission more proactive in its anti-graft campaign.<\/p>\n
He said this on JoyNews\u2019 The Law while discussing the role of CHRAJ in fighting graft in the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn about 34 out of the 54 Human Rights Commissions in Africa the ombudsman, the opportunity to undertake suo moto investigations without the need for a complaint by the Human Rights Commission throughout Africa is now the way to go. So if he says that he\u2019s not wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201c constitutional review commission also recommends that then they\u2019re right. Because we must go beyond the narrow confines of what the framers of the constitution thought of the Commission at the time. Now we\u2019re looking at, is it a vehicle for ensuring that we are able to hold power accountable?<\/p>\n
\u201cTo make citizens who are otherwise vulnerable and may not be able to bring complaints or even know their rights, the opportunity for their issue to be taken up by the Commission, that is what we should be looking at. And I\u2019m believing that in the hope that in the next opportunity to review the constitution, we should be looking at coming forward,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Currently the constitution of Ghana in Article 218 (E) states that \u201cthe functions of the Commission shall be defined and prescribed by Act of Parliament and shall include the duty to investigate all instances of alleged or suspected corruption and the misappropriation of public money by officials and to take appropriate steps, reports to the Attorney General and the Auditor General, resulting from such investigations.\u201d<\/p>\n
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