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Former Akufo-Addo administration officials are being urged by the Minority in Parliament to decline invitations from the anti-corruption team, Operation Recover All the Loot (ORAL), calling the committee unnecessary.
The crew was doing duties that had been legally delegated to other organizations, according to Member of Parliament for Suame John Darko, who was speaking at a press conference on behalf of his New Patriotic Party (NPP) colleagues in the House.
“No serious country will entertain anything such as this. And so if you are a former government official and you are invited by this so-called ORAL, our advice to you is to boycott any invitation from the ORAL team,” he emphasized.
According to him, the team’s job was assigned to constitutional agencies such as the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and the Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Department (CID).
Mr. Darko believed that these institutions might become “out of business” as a result of ORAL’s mandate.
He was dissatisfied with Attorney General designee Dr. Dominic Ayine’s backing of ORAL. The shrewd attorney had stated that the establishment ORAL was not illegal when he appeared before the Appointment Committee in Parliament on Monday.
“What they are doing is going about, disturbing people, entering homes, taking vehicles, and more or less taking over lands from people who have genuinely purchased them.
“The people of Ghana should not tolerate this ORAL which is out there to persecute former government officials,” during a press conference, the Suame member of parliament stated.
President-elect John Dramani Mahama made a campaign promise known as ORAL to reclaim assets and money that had been embezzled by Akufo-Addo administration officials.
He established a five-member team to begin the ORAL process after being elected last year.
Members announced in December included former Auditor-General Daniel Domelevo, retired Commissioner of Police COP (Rtd.) Nathaniel Kofi Boakye, attorney Martin Kpebu, investigative journalist Raymond Archer, and Member of Parliament for North Tongu Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
