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Africa-Press – Ghana. <\/strong><\/span>The Member of Parliament for Asante Akim North Kwame Andy Appiah-Kubi has said he promised not to disclose the identity of the businessman who he alleged attempted to bribe some lawmakers.<\/b><\/p>\n

He said his only interest in making the public statement about the attempted bribery was to send a clear message to the businessman and others that lawmakers could not be bought.<\/p>\n

He further indicated that officials of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) who interrogated him on the bribery allegation were unethical in their approach.<\/p>\n

He said the officials fought him and ordered him to listen to an interview he granted Joy FM, during the investigation in Parliament, an action he considered unethical.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe OSP officials started fighting me, so I decided to remain silent. They had already come to me with a hostile attitude even in the precincts of Parliament, and they asked the other MPs who came to leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe OSP officials did not understand the ethics of the profession, that you need to show courtesy to everyone who comes before you,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis intimidatory approach and the disrespect to the other MPs who were asked to leave was not helpful,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

He added \u201cThe OSP officials did not understand the ethics of the profession that you need to show courtesy to everyone who comes before you.<\/p>\n

The Special Prosecutor (SP) directed the closure of investigations into allegations that were made by Appiah-Kubi. The lawmaker had alleged that 80 Members of Parliament of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) received bribe from an unnamed businessman to back down on their demand for the resignation of Mr. Ken Ofori-Atta.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Kissi Agyebeng, proceeding with investigations will not yield the desired results.<\/p>\n

\u201c…the Special Prosecutor directs the closure of the investigation in respect of allegations that a well-known and wealthy businessman attempted to bribe a section of the majority caucus of Parliament. The Special Prosecutor determines that the institution of criminal proceedings, at this time, against the OSP\u2019s identified suspect would serve no useful purpose,\u201d.<\/p>\n

The SP stated that, \u201cThe investigation may be re-opened should the circumstances and further facts so dictate.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis report is founded on regulation 31(1)(g) of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (Operations) Regulations, 2018 (L.I. 2374), which mandates the OSP to publish detected acts of corruption through the receipt, collection, or collation of reports, documents, materials, complaints, allegations, information and intelligence,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

It would be recalled that the MP for Asante Akim North, Andy Appiah-Kubi alleged that a wealthy businessman attempted to bribe he and 79 of his colleague NPP MPs for them to stop their quest to have Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta removed from office.<\/p>\n

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