A Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim, has slammed some New Patriotic Party (NPP) faithful who have taken to the various media platforms to chastise President John Mahama for discontinuing some high-profile cases initiated by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo-led administration.<\/p>\n The Deputy Presidential Spokesperson argued that the Nana Akufo Addo-led NPP administration had a full eight years in power to secure convictions but failed because it couldn\u2019t find a single shred of evidence to nail any past National Democratic Congress (NDC) appointee.<\/p>\n Reacting to some criticisms coming from known NPP persons over the current administration\u2019s decision to discontinue some high-profile cases, which began way back in 2017, on Accra-based Joy News\u2019 current affairs programme dubbed \u201cPM Express\u201d on Monday, February 10, 2025, Shamima Muslim questioned why the NPP folks have shifted the blame to Mahama\u2019s administration when the NPP had all the time and legal backing to pursue these cases.<\/p>\n \u201cEight good years the New Patriotic Party had to prosecute some of these cases. Eight good years that they had a very favourable representation in our courts.<\/p>\n Excuse me to say, but we all know the perceptions around the packing of the court by former President Nana Akufo-Addo, and sometimes some of what people describe as procured outcomes from our courts,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n The Deputy Presidential Spokesperson explained that if the NPP truly had strong cases against political opponents they accused of corruption, they would have secured convictions long ago.<\/p>\n \u201cIf they had any case at all against these political opponents that were facing persecution through the instrument of our law courts, they would have secured prosecutions and judgments, just as they did in previous tenures, and jailed those individuals,\u201d she reiterated.<\/p>\n Shamima Muslim reaffirmed that President Mahama is not interested in covering up wrongdoing within his administration but in ensuring justice is pursued fairly and efficiently.<\/p>\n \u201cWe should have confidence that he is not going to cover up any member of his administration. He has announced that even as we are going to start operationalising ORAL findings under the legal mandate of Ghana\u2019s Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, we will also bring on stream Operation Prevent All Loots (OPAL),\u201d she added.<\/p>\n Shamima Muslim further underscored President Mahama\u2019s firm stance against corruption, pointing out that he is the only president in recent history to openly declare in his manifesto that no government official will be allowed to engage in state capture or illegal acquisition of state assets.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has put it in black and white. He is committed to doing it because there\u2019s got to be an end to lamentations.<\/p>\n \u201cWe cannot continue to lament over the things that are eroding our democratic gains and show no commitment in terms of leadership,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n![\"Deputy](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/476\/47671943.295.jpg\" "\\"Deputy")
Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n