Check out the law well … A-G reacts to CDD

– Mr Godfred Dame The Attorney-General (A-G) and Minister of Justice, Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, has actually specified that the proposals of Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) Ghana, and its board members that the Auditor-General is not part of the Audit Service however a different development can just arise from an insufficient reading of the laws of Ghana, consisting of the Constitution and the Audit Service Act. He stated contrary to the odd view of CDD-Ghana, the letter and spirit of laws governing the work of the Auditor-General make him part of the Audit Service of Ghana and, for that reason, a routine member of the general public services of Ghana to whom the Attorney-General can provide recommendations pursuant to his required under Article 88 of the Constitution. Mr Dame, in a release copied the Ghanaian Times the other day, stated pertinent constitutional arrangements such as Article 189( 2) of the Constitution supplies a hint when it specifies therefore: “The visit of officers and other staff members in the Audit Service, aside from the Auditor-General, will be made by the Audit Service Board, acting in assessment with the general public Services Commission”. The Attorney-General and Minister stated this arrangement handles the consultation of officers and all workers in the Audit Service, consisting of the Auditor-General, and plainly supplies that with the exception of the Auditor-General, all others need to be selected by the Audit Service Board, acting in assessment with the general public Services Commission. Recently, the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice revealed a viewpoint concerning the publication on the site of the Auditor Service of an audit into the Government’s COVID-19 deals prior to the stated audit report might be discussed by Parliament and described a proper committee of Parliament in accordance with Article 187( 6) of the Constitution. The CDD-Ghana, in its action, characterised the viewpoint of the Attorney-General as part of “an aggressive exceptional posture that the Akufo-Addo administration has actually embraced in handling the constitutionally-independent workplace of the Auditor-General”. The Attorney-General and Minister of Justice stated it was essential to remedy the incorrect imputation by CDD-Ghana since the constitutional function of Parliament might not be wanted away by a narrow, simple and incorrect reading of the Constitution by CDD-Ghana or any other civil society organisation. “The Attorney-General considers it vital to remedy the palpable mistakes consisted of in and suggested by the news release of CDD-Ghana, as exact same misshape the relationship in between the At torney-General and the Auditor-General in the constitutional architecture of the Republic and have significant ramifications for Ghana’s record of rooting out corruption.” “With the clear hint supplied by Article 189( 2 ), a contention that the Auditor-General is not part of the Audit Service or a member of the general public Services is meaningless and unreasonable.” Mr Dame argued that Section 2 of the Audit Service Act, 2000 (Act 584) lays the problem to rest when it notes the Auditor-General as the very first member of the Audit Service in these terms: “The members of the Audit Service are (a) the Auditor-General, and (b) the other individuals used in the Service. “The Office of the Attorney-General and Ministry of Justice urges civil society organisations to thoroughly take a look at the position of Ghana’s law on a pertinent matter prior to raising unjustified public alarm over an offense by the Attorney-General or any public organization at all. The default in doing so impacts the image of the country in the eyes of the global neighborhood, especially (with regard to) its anti-corruption scores.” BY MALIK SULLEMANA Read Next February 16, 2023 Govt to press passage of customer security law quickly– caretaker Trade Minister February 16, 2023 Enskinment of brand-new Bawku Naba prohibited– Govt February 16, 2023 Man imprisoned 4 years for stabbing motorist’s mate February 16, 2023 COCOBOD GH cents 271.3 m monetary loss case: SC to choose constitutionality of judge February 16, 2023 Ghana wheelchair tennis group assaulted in Nigeria February 16, 2023 Korle-Bu names seclusion ward for transmittable kids after Breanna Fosua Addai February 16, 2023 Govt pays GH cents 1.2 m settlement to 3 victims of Ejura shooting February 16, 2023 Black Starlets begin camping February 16, 2023 372,780 trainees put under CSSPS February 16, 2023 785 unlawful structures to decrease at Ledzokuku … to enable circulation of water into Kpeshie Lagoon

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