Africa-Press – Ghana. Chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament, James Kluste Avedzi has said that the committee should be clothed with the power to arrest people who lie when they appear to answer questions regarding the operations of their respective institutions.
At the moment, he said, the committee has no such power to arrest, a situation that is eating a challenge to the committee.
“We need powers to effect arrests of people who lie before the committee,” Mr Klutse Avedzi Speaking in an interview on the Hot Issues on Sunday, May 5.
Mr Avedzi further expressed concern about the failure to act on its recommendations for prosecution by the Office of the Attorney-General (A-G).
The PAC has been making referrals for prosecution but it appears no action has been taken on them.
For instance, last year, the committee referred the Registrar General’s Department to the Attorney-General (A-G) for prosecution for breach of the procurement process.
But Mr Avedzi says someone in government has deliberately refused his or her job to get the persons prosecuted.
Procurement breaches: Most of PAC’s referrals for prosecution aren’t acted upon – Avedzi
He stated that this is one of the challenges faced by the Committee.
“Most of the recommendations we make for people to be prosecuted for procurement breaches don’t get transmitted to the Attorney-General for action. I think somebody is intentionally not doing his work,” he said.
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