A Political Science Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Joshua Zaato, has accused the Attorney General of selective justice in the ongoing Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) anti-corruption initiative.
According to him, the government has quietly discontinued several corruption-related cases involving former National Democratic Congress (NDC) appointees while targeting former New Patriotic Party (NPP) officials.
Speaking on Accra-based TV3’s KeyPoints programme on Saturday, October 25, Dr. Zaato argued that such selective prosecution undermines public confidence in the justice system and weakens the government’s fight against corruption.
“When this Attorney General came in, he issued what I call sweetheart deals to all those who got nolle prosequi — and all those who benefited were members of the NDC.
“The government did not allow a court of competent jurisdiction to determine their fate. Those decisions were made by a politician, and they benefited politicians,” he said.
He explained that the decision to drop these cases cost the state millions of cedis that could have been recovered and used for development.
“These people also bought properties, made investments, and walked free with public money,” Dr. Zaato lamented.
“Now, the same government is chasing another group of people for alleged corruption. That is not justice; it’s selective accountability.”
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You don't even feel ashamed of yourself for making such a statement, which reveals the NPP's incompetence. Godfred Dame was the AG under the corrupt regime of the NPP. If there were corrupt NDC politicians, why did he fail to get them arrested to face the law? Now that the NPP can't stand the heat of a genuine fight against corruption, they are complaining, but no one is interested in your wailing.