{"id":1195191,"date":"2022-08-30T22:38:07","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/30\/it-is-worrying-that-judiciary-is-involved-in-breach-of-the-law-dafeamekpor-on-a-g-report\/"},"modified":"2022-08-30T22:38:07","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T22:38:07","slug":"it-is-worrying-that-judiciary-is-involved-in-breach-of-the-law-dafeamekpor-on-a-g-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/30\/it-is-worrying-that-judiciary-is-involved-in-breach-of-the-law-dafeamekpor-on-a-g-report\/","title":{"rendered":"It is worrying that Judiciary is involved in breach of the law \u2013 Dafeamekpor on A-G report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"It is worrying that Judiciary is involved in breach of the law \u2013 Dafeamekpor on A-G report\" title=\"It is worrying that Judiciary is involved in breach of the law \u2013 Dafeamekpor on A-G report\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>Member of Parliament for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has expressed disappointment in the Judiciary for being cited in the Auditor-General\u2019s 2021 report as having committed some administrative breaches.<\/p>\n<p>At least 16 past and current judges of the Superior Courts have been fingered by the Auditor-General for the purchase of state owned vehicles contrary to Regulation 158 of Public Financial Management Regulations, 2019 (L.I. 2378).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-myjoyonline-com wp-block-embed-myjoyonline-com\"\/>\n<p>This regulation provides that the Principal Spending Officer of a covered entity shall obtain the prior written approval of the Minister for the transfer, exchange, sale, donation, contribution-in-kind, trust and any other disposal of any vehicles of the covered entity.<\/p>\n<p>Regulation 158 also states that any such disposal, lease and other action referred to in Sub-regulation 1 that is made without the written approval of the Minister, is void.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"300\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/1334419780&#038;color=%23ff5500&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A report by the Auditor-General lists the Judges  recently retired Supreme Court Judges Yaw Appau and Julius Ansah as having acquired state-owned vehicles contrary to the provisions of this law.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on<strong> Joy FM\u2019s Top Story<\/strong> on Tuesday, Mr. Dafeamekpor said it is worrying that the Judiciary has been found wanting in this regard. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is worrying that even in the 2021 report, these infractions are being flagged and cited by the Auditor-General and what is more worrying is that the Judiciary is the one involved,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>This, he explained is because the Judiciary determines breaches of law per the country\u2019s constitution. <\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cso if the institution that determines the breach of law in itself engage in the breach of law. 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