{"id":4188,"date":"2019-10-04T15:18:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=4188"},"modified":"2019-10-04T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:18:21","slug":"were-not-sabotaging-your-corruption-fight-leave-us-alone-parliament-to-amidu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/were-not-sabotaging-your-corruption-fight-leave-us-alone-parliament-to-amidu","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re not sabotaging your corruption fight; leave us alone – Parliament to Amidu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speaker of Parliament, Mike Oquaye<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ghana\u2019s Parliament has rejected allegations by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, that the chamber is frustrating his efforts to prosecute Mr Mahama Ayariga, the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There appears to be tension between Parliament and the Office of the Special Prosecutor over the case.<\/p>\n

While the Office of the Special Prosecutor demanded that Ayariga be present in court to answer to his charges, Parliament insisted that Mr. Ayariga\u2019s privileges as a legislator do not support him being made to face the law in a way that interferes with his duty as a Parliamentarian.<\/p>\n

Martin Amidu had accused the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye, of interfering in his work of prosecuting corrupt parliamentarians who have abused their office.
\n\u201cHe wrote to the judge with a certificate directing the judge how he should behave, the judge turned it down\u2026there is nothing like bipartisan interference in the work of the office of Special Prosecutor when the legislature which made the law and gave the independence tries to interfere as to how it is executed,\u201d Mr Amidu said to host of \u2018Time With David\u2019, David Ampofo.<\/p>\n

But Parliament has rejected Amidu\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n

In a swift rebuttal, Parliament in a statement, said: \u201cContrary to these allegations, Parliament would like to state that it is not seeking to sabotage the work of the Special Prosecutor nor any law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n

According to Parliament, its engagement with Martin Amidu was to draw his attention to some articles in the 1992 Constitution which offers Ayariga some protection from legal proceedings in a way that interferes with his parliamentary duties.<\/p>\n

It stressed that it had informed the Special Prosecutor that the MP could be tried any day during the\u00a0long three-month vacation (August to October) but is surprised that an impression is being created that Parliament is sabotaging the prosecution of the Member of Parliament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Speaker of Parliament, Mike Oquaye Ghana\u2019s Parliament has rejected allegations by the Special Prosecutor, Martin Alamisi Amidu, that the chamber is frustrating his efforts to prosecute Mr Mahama Ayariga, the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central. There appears to be tension between Parliament and the Office of the Special Prosecutor over the case. 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