Former President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Roland Affail Monney, has called for a reflection on the relevance of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), insisting that the time has come for Ghana to take “a hard look” at the institution.
Speaking on the JoyNews AM Show on Monday, December 8, he said it has become “common knowledge” that the OSP “stands accused of being rich in spectacle but poor in delivery.”
According to him, many Ghanaians who hold this view are simply concerned that the country is not getting value for money “as far as the OSP is concerned.”
Mr Monney explained that he has followed all arguments surrounding whether the OSP should be maintained or scrapped. “I have listened to CDD, I have analysed the comments by people who share the view of CDD,” he said.
He added that on Monday morning, he read with “all-absorbing attention and all-consuming seriousness” the position of former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Oquaye. He described Prof. Oquaye as “a seasoned lawyer and experienced statesman whose comments should not be taken for granted.”
According to him, Prof. Oquaye strongly believes that the establishment of the OSP is a duplication and that the time has come for Ghana to “do away with this office.”
“In this re-enforcing, there is the need to take a hard and long look at that office and see whether it is fulfilling the mandate for which it was established,” Mr Monney stressed.
He concluded by urging a non-partisan national approach: “As a nation, this is the time for us to come together, devoid of political perspectives. Let’s put on nationalistic lenses to examine and scrutinise whether Ghana as a nation deserves this Office of the Special Prosecutor.”
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