Most blood-letting attacks on OSP have come from official action by some public officers – Special Prosecutor
The Special Prosecutor, Kissi Agyebeng today lamented the unrelenting attacks on the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), which in many ways have sought to render the office irrelevant and to shut it down. The post Most blood-letting attacks on OSP have come from official action by some public officers – Special Prosecutor appeared first on Ghana Business News .
Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyebeng lamented the unrelenting attacks on the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), which have sought to render the office irrelevant and shut it down. Since his appointment in the last five years, he and his team have been fighting to exist and perform their functions, facing a sustained and coordinated effort to strangle the OSP.
The most severe attacks have come from official action by some public officers, who have attempted to abolish the OSP or reduce its powers. This includes a withdrawn private member's bill in Parliament based on contrived charges of lack of performance, and actions by public officers intending to extinguish the Office's powers. The OSP has acknowledged some mistakes but maintains that these do not justify official challenges to its existence.
The OSP's prosecutorial function and independent power of investigation are seen as uncomfortable for some public officers, who would rather see the Office abolished. Despite this, the OSP has been irrepressible, conducting the prosecution of 33 persons and securing seven convictions. The OSP invites those who claim it has achieved nothing to test their claims with the OSP's performance statistics.
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