{"id":53074,"date":"2023-04-02T01:58:36","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T01:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/02\/attorney-generals-office-must-be-strengthened-and-separated-from-ministry-of-justice-brigitte-dzogbenuku\/"},"modified":"2023-04-02T01:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T01:58:36","slug":"attorney-generals-office-must-be-strengthened-and-separated-from-ministry-of-justice-brigitte-dzogbenuku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/02\/attorney-generals-office-must-be-strengthened-and-separated-from-ministry-of-justice-brigitte-dzogbenuku\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General&#8217;s Office must be strengthened and separated from Ministry of Justice &#8211; Brigitte Dzogbenuku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Brigitte-Dzogbenuku.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>A former presidential candidate of the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) has reiterated the need to separate the Attorney General\u2019s Office from the Ministry of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>Brigitte Dzogbenuku says the Attorney General\u2019s position as a Minister of State greatly affects the officeholder\u2019s ability to fight political corruption especially when they are a part of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on <strong>JoyNews\u2019 Newsfile<\/strong> on Saturday, she said that Article 88 of the 1992 Constitution, which spells out the AG\u2019s mandate, should be amended to make the AG independent of the State and thus removed as a Minister of State.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"6XfR0h4jaBI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Attorney General\u2019s office must be strengthened and separated from Ministry of Justice \u2013 Brigitte\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6XfR0h4jaBI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe failure of the Special Prosecutor\u2019s Office and its lack of independence is clear to all of us now what we need to fight political corruption effectively with the immediate establishment of an Independent Public Prosecutor office, separate from the Minister of Justice,\u201d Madam Dzogbenuku stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the only way to realistically fight corruption. So we are calling for a truly independent Attorney General that is an independent Public Prosecutor whose budget will be sanctioned by parliament without any ministerial interference,\u201d she told the host Samson Lardy Anyenini.<\/p>\n<p>The former PPP presidential candidate was speaking on <strong>Newsfile\u2019s Joy Change-Speakers Series <\/strong>on the theme\u00a0\u2018My Case For Constitutional Review\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>This comes on the backs of increased calls to amend the 1992 Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Dzogbenuku noted that after the amendment of Article 88, the government\u2019s lawyer who will be its principal legal adviser among others, will then be the Minister of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>She said that it is evident from past experiences that the fight against corruption left in the hands of the government and its appointees is fruitless.<\/p>\n<p>Madam Dzogbenuku stated that the proposed Independent Public Prosecutor should be elected directly by the people on a different electoral cycle preferably during the midterm of an elected government.<\/p>\n<p>The former PPP presidential candidate noted that a public prosecutor elected by the people has a better chance to check the government against political corruption.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Independent Public Prosecutor will be given all the vast prosecutorial powers with guaranteed tenure of office, independent and adequate funding directly from parliament to go after corrupt government officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan we imagine if someone like Martin Amidu got elected and had direct funding from parliament to do his work without any ministerial interference?\u201d she quizzed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DISCLAIMER: <\/strong>The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by Readers and Contributors on this platform do not necessarily represent the views or policy of Multimedia Group Limited.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former presidential candidate of the Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) has reiterated the need to separate the Attorney General\u2019s Office from the Ministry of Justice. 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