The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has revealed that it wants speedy trial in the Menzgold, Ahmed Suale, Major Mahama and J. B. Danquah cases.
According to the party, it has seen and read a Press Statement from the Attorney General expressing his sentiments about reactions to all the high-profile political prosecutions he’s undertaking. It questioned whether the ordinary mind sees what is happening to be reasonable with the prosecution of Assin North MP, James Gyakye Quayson; former COCOBOD boss, Stephen Opuni, and Majority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson and whether it is justified.
The NDC stated that one fact is that people always want to see the common sense in what the AG is doing and it’s on this basis that people can determine what he is about and his intentions. It explained that so far, every reasonable person out there sees the three cases against some members of the NDC as “persecution instead of prosecution”, intended to score political points.
Owing to this, the party noted that the AG may want to use whatever “legal gymnastics” to try to make it look as if these prosecutions are so “legally, factually and sufficiently evidence” based, but to the ordinary observer who has followed all that has gone on, knows, this is no prosecution at all but persecution.
“We also want speedy trial in the Menzgold, Ahmed Suale, Major Mahama and J. B. Danquah cases and on this basis can they kindly also apply for daily trials in these cases too? Justice must be seen to be pursued and done to all manner of persons and in all cases”
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Furthermore, the NDC stated that Mr Dame can try to “spin” the law, even on Appeal to get favourable decisions, but every reasonable observer can read between the lines. The party revealed that it is happy the AG understands, appreciates, and sees the need for freedom of speech and hopes that his expressions on freedom of speech in his Press Release is something he truly believes in and not just mere expressions on paper.
“Freedom of speech is a guaranteed right in our constitution and we know that a Lawyer in good standing so far, he would ensure that that right of every person in Ghana is respected.”
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Moreover, the NDC pointed out that the AG has been said to be engaging in selective justice, and that whilst on one hand he claims in his Press Release that discrimination of all kinds are abhorred by the constitution, little has been done so far by him to demonstrate that indeed he’s not engaged in selective justice.
Conclusion of other high-profile cases in the country
With this, the party highlighted that one would have thought that a case like Menzgold would have been long concluded so that all the many Ghanaians who look up to him as the AG of Ghana and who are the suffering customers of Menzgold, would have taken steps to ensure a speedy trial of any crime allegedly committed by Nana Appiah Mensah.
It indicated that once done, his suffering customers would receive justice because they must also be treated equally without discrimination in the delay of their case.
“We were all in this country when the Bank of Ghana (BOG) claimed that it had conducted investigations into a company called Menzgold owned by one Nana Appiah Mensah aka NAM1. Fast forward, this company was shut down by the Security and Exchange Commission of Ghana in September 2018 leading to excruciating losses to numerous Ghanaians running into the thousands who have invested there. The alleged grounds for shutting down his business is that he was operating without the requisite licenses in addition to the fact that he was engaging in a Ponzi scheme.”
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The NDC lamented that although ponzi schemes are illegal, unfortunately, Ghana and under the watch of the present Attorney General, a “pretentious prosecution is ongoing to fool” the masses to think something is being done when in actual fact the accused person is enjoying himself at the expense of it’s customers.
It noted that no one speaks for the customers in Ghana and no one in government is taking the serious steps that other civilized nations take to ensure customers of such scams are reimbursed or restored.
“Such injustice has been ongoing since September 2018 spanning a very long period of five (5) years with the customers crying and wailing unto the death ears of the AG. So far, even the advice that is supposed to be given by the AG to pave the way for the criminal prosecution of NAM1 has not been sent for prosecution to start since the past 5 years.”
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