The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam Constituency, Honorable Casiel Ato Forson has ‘fired’ back at\u00a0the Attorney General, following a recent statement issued by the Attorney General\u2019s office insisting on a criminal charges against him (Ato Forson).<\/p>\n
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According to Honorable Ato Forson, he has seen a statement issued by a Deputy Attorney General, claiming that by speaking out against the malice and deliberate political persecution inherent in the decision to prosecute him, he is exposing the AG\u00a0to \u201chate\u201d and \u201cprejudice\u201d.<\/p>\n
In a statement issued on Thursday, January 6 2022, Honorable Forsson stated that, \u201cI \u201cI wish to state that the Attorney General\u2019s office cannot determine my reaction to the sinister plot to needlessly tarnish my reputation and rob me of my liberty simply because I remain implacably opposed to the poor economic policies of this government and in particular the E-Levy”.<\/p>\n
The Statement added that, \u201cIt is the Attorney General who is driven by hate, prejudice and demagoguery! He is the one abusing his prosecutorial powers to silence critical political opponents. For instance on Paragraph 7 of the AG\u2019s statement issued yesterday, it was claimed that; \u2018As stated in the facts of the case filed in court on 22nd December, 2011, cabinet endorsed an executive approval of a joint memorandum submitted to cabinet by the then Minister for Health and the first accused Cassiel Ato Forson, then Deputy Minister for Finance, for the purchase of 200 ambulances out of a medium term credit facility of \u20ac15,800,000 between Stanbic Bank Ghana Limited and the Government of Ghana through the Ministry of Finance”.<\/p>\n
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He further stated that, \u201cFor the avoidance of doubt , the Cabinet memo for the purchase of the Ambulances was submitted in December,2011. I became a Deputy minister on the 2nd of May 2013. How could I have signed a cabinet MEMO in December 2011″?<\/p>\n
Honorable Ato Forson’s response came, following a recent statement issued from the Atorney-General’s office, revealing that, \u201cinvestigations had been ongoing since 2017, with a number of statements taken from various persons at different points in time, the Rt. Hon. Alban Bagbin, former Minister for Health (now Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana), Mr. Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah, Madam Sherry Ayittey and Dr. Alex Segbefia, all former Ministers for Health as well as the first accused”.<\/p>\n
The statement further added that, \u201cInvestigations into the ambulance purchase contract are being finalized by the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service for the commencement of criminal proceedings against persons deemed fit for prosecution”.<\/p>\n
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The statement which was signed by the Deputy Attorney-General, Diana Asonaba Dapaah, again added that, all persons in Ghana are equal before the law, and that the status of a Member of Parliament (MP), is no bar to prosecution for a crime committed.<\/p>\n
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