{"id":54064,"date":"2023-09-13T16:43:47","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T16:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/occupyghana-welcomes-announcement-on-prompt-passage-of-conduct-of-public-officers-bill"},"modified":"2023-09-13T18:23:12","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T18:23:12","slug":"occupyghana-welcomes-announcement-on-prompt-passage-of-conduct-of-public-officers-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/occupyghana-welcomes-announcement-on-prompt-passage-of-conduct-of-public-officers-bill","title":{"rendered":"OccupyGhana welcomes announcement on prompt passage of Conduct of Public Officers Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>Pressure group, OccupyGhana, welcoming the President\u2019s statement on moves to ensure the prompt passage of the Conduct of Public Officers Bill, Tuesday, urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the public to join the campaign to make it a law. <\/b><\/p>\n

The group, in a press statement issued, issued in Accra, said President Akufo-Addo\u2019s recent endorsement and support of the Bill \u201csignifies a significant shift\u201d by the government towards their \u201clong-held position.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Akufo-Addo, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Ghana Bar Association\u2019s Annual Conference on Monday, 11 September 2023, in Cape Coast, stated that the Attorney General was leading efforts to enact a law on the \u2018Conduct of Public Officers\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Bill, among other things, intends to introduce \u201cstringent administrative measures and sanctions \u201cto deal with violations of the law by public officers, ranging from a bar against holding public office for limited and indefinite periods, to penal sanctions and measures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Attorney-General will bring the bill soon for the consideration of Cabinet and subsequent enactment by Parliament upon the conclusion of the consultation,\u201d the President had assured.<\/p>\n

OccupyGhana said the fight to ensure \u201cmore accountability and transparency by public officials\u201d was not \u201ceven half won\u201d, hence the need for stakeholders to ensure that the Attorney-General forwarded the Bill to Parliament, and that Parliament \u201cpasses the Bill into law, all at the earliest times possible\u201d.<\/p>\n

Making reference to previous correspondence on the subject, OccupyGhana said the President\u2019s endorsement of the Bill was \u201cnever-too-late\u201d although \u201cthe Attorney-General concluded his consultations and submitted the draft Bill to Cabinet as far back as May 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the latest pronouncement by the President, Occupy Ghana said it believed, \u201cthe era of the Government\u2019s reluctance or unpreparedness to endorse and forward the Bill to Parliament is now behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n

The group added the President\u2019s announcement nullified earlier claims that the Bill was \u201cunnecessary due to the alleged existence of sufficient legislation on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would want to believe that the President\u2019s speech signifies a significant shift by the Government towards our long-held position.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has given the Attorney-General the green light to conclude the Cabinet deliberations and promptly submit the Bill to Parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully, the era of the Government\u2019s reluctance or unpreparedness to endorse and forward the Bill to Parliament is now behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe once again invite Ghanaians, fellow Civil Society Organisation and the media, to join us in this campaign to ensure that the Attorney-General indeed forwards the Bill to Parliament, and that Parliament passes the Bill into law, all at the earliest times possible,\u201d it stated.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Ghana. Pressure group, OccupyGhana, welcoming the President\u2019s statement on moves to ensure the prompt passage of the Conduct of Public Officers Bill, Tuesday, urged Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the public to join the campaign to make it a law. 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