The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Gloria Akuffo has said corrupt government officials under previous governments have not been prosecuted not because the country is waiting upon the Special Prosecutor but because her Ministry wants to follow due process in prosecuting such corrupt individuals.
She made this known when she was in court for the $6million National Communication Authority (NCA) trial Tuesday, January 9, 2018.
The Attorney General said: “It has never been the case that cases are not coming to court because we are waiting for the office of the Special Prosecutor. That is a perception which is wrong”.
“A case is not started merely because a docket has been submitted to the office. I think the expression that the investigators always use is that we have submitted the docket to the office of the Attorney General for advice. This is because investigations involve largely the gathering of evidence,” she said while explaining the process for trial.
She indicated that “For purposes of evaluation for prosecution, the Attorney General would have to study the docket and determine whether what is on the docket will warrant a prosecution. That at least will require the accused person to be called upon to answer. That is what it has been about”.
Source:a1radioonline.com
