Former President John Mahama’s Advisor on Governance and Corruption, Mr Daniel Batidam has described the Special Prosecutor idea of the Akufo-Addo government as a “big joke”.
“…Stop the politics that is going on about a special or independent prosecutor. That thing is not going to fly. It’s a big joke. It’s a way of avoiding to tackle the problem,” the Executive Director at African Parliamentarians' Network Against Corruption (APNAC) said on Tuesday, 7 November.
Speaking in connection with Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia’s recent revelation that corrupt officials of the Mahama administration would soon face prosecution, Mr Batidam told Joy FM that: “This Special Prosecutor thing, I don’t get it.”
“It is as simple as Nana Akufo-Addo’s Attorney General, if he or she has the evidence, to proceed to court and begin prosecution. In any case, if anyone tells me that the president wants to make sure he gets an independent person to do prosecution, he can easily find the independent person, appoint the fellow as Attorney General and the fellow will get to work,” he said.
He said the president can fight corruption without the Office of the Special Prosecutor.
“The issues that the president wants to tackle, he is tackling them. Is he not fighting galamsey? Have they set up an office to fight galamsey? Is the president not implementing free education? Did they set up an office to implement free education? If the president wants to fight corruption, he can fight corruption and I’m telling you that if corruption means allegations of corruption as we know them, then very soon all of us will get to know that there are as many allegations of corruption now as there have been in the past,” Mr Batidam noted.
As far as he is concerned, “Absolutely nothing is happening as far as the fight against corruption is concerned. And mind you, fighting corruption is not just about prosecution, there are many other things spelt out clearly in the 10-year National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP).
Source: Class FM
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Batibam has the courage to comment again on corruption-related issues? He is as good as sh*t. He's such a disgrace to humanity. Disgusting!!
This was NDC apparatchiks was his (Batidams) name to misbehave. I know Batidam, he is not that ***barred word***
WHAT AT ALL IS WORRYING THIS FOOLLL? YOU ASSISTED MAHAMA TO LOOOT THE COFFERS OF STHE STATE AND YOU ARE NOW BRAGGING. HE HIMSELF WILL BE DRAGGED TO THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FOR ILL ADVISING MAHAMA ON CORRUPTION. FOOLLLSSS ARE GETTING ABOUND IN THIS COUNTRY. GET AWAY WITH YOUR ......................
This Batidam guy too can open his mouth on corruption ? My God! This guy was totally irrelevant, ineffective and became compromised as Mahama's Advisor on Corruption...yet he is now opining his big mouth???
This Batidam guy has got the gut to spew ***barred word***,when his corrupt and incompetent Mahama and NDC are prosecuted we shall see his ***barred word***.***barred word*** like you wouldn't spare our eyes and ears from ***barred word***.
***barred word***, you've no creditability whatsoever. You're morally bankrupt period.
Charley Charley,nana addo no dey see top...the man conff. We are tired of the talks !!!
Batidam doesn't understand the concept of special or independent prosecutor. He should wait and very soon he will start talking from another side of his mouth.
AM SURPRISED WHEN PEOPLE LIKE BATIDAM STILL HAVE THE MORAL AUTHORITY OR RIGHT TO TALK ABOUT CORRUPTION. AFTER SELLING YOUR CONSCIENCE FOR AN OFFICE AT THE FLAGSTAFF HOUSE. IF THE PRESIDENT DOESNT NEED THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR THEN WAS HE ALSO NEED AT FLAGSTAF HOUSE YOU HAVE NO SHAME. YOU SOLD YOUR CONSCIENCE FOR COINS
We told you Nana Addo is a BLUFF and arrogance show off ; fuling Ghanaians with his arrogance and BIG classic english tonation; the man cannot prosecute these NDC kreminals ;IT IS JUST HOLLOW TALK !!!!!; EMPTY NOISE !!!!! Nana Addo is allowing the NDC to creep back again ; how can in so short a period can NPP allow NDC thiffs to crawl back and start accusing the NPP of corruption ; WHAT A SHAME !!!!!; Nana Addo was a complete FAKE just like Donald Trump boasting but cannot do FOKOOOOO !!!!!!; he has no intention of prsecuting anybody because he knows this legislation will affect members of the NPP ; Nana Addo is allowing the NDC to get away with murder because to me if you have the evidence in black and white why cannot the AG go straight to court ; IS NANA ADDO FULLING GHANAIANS ; the man claims to principled he like a DOG without tooth ; he just barking and using the law to cover himself ; how can you allow Evis Afriyie to get away with stilling Ghana's money ; how can you make noise aboput these NDC rats and fail to do anything ; even today Koku is having a laugh ; Nana Addo is disappointing everybody ; BISA GOMA -NANA ADDO CANNOT ANY FOKOOO !!!!!!!