The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Kwetey, is not happy with some of the party’s lawyers.
The party’s scribe is accusing some of his compatriots of inhibiting efforts by government at prosecuting people found to have engaged in wrongdoing.
“Despite the fact that pleas and pressure are coming from the public that punishment has to be meted and this must be done properly, some among us are busy trying to cut deals with people who are supposed to be prosecuted,” he said at the 5th Annual General Conference of NDC lawyers.
Mr Kwetey did not mention names though.
“I’m not mentioning names. A time will come when we have to, “he said to loud applause.
“Some are becoming conduit through whom pressure is being brought to bear on people who are supposed to do what is right, the former Agric Minister stressed.
“Think again. Because this victory was achieved largely
His comments come barely days after the Deputy Attorney-General, Dr Srem Sai, said they are working on the report from the Operation Recover All Loots (ORAL) committee.
He said that although complaints about seeming snail pace with cases under the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) are legitimate, the public ought to know that persons cannot just be bundled and thrown into jail.
Speaking exclusively with TV3’s Joseph Ackah-Blay on Wednesday, September 3, he said that the legal vacation has also contributed to the seeming slow pace in handling the cases.
“To the extent that for Adu Boahene, we have covered 1/3rd of the case, if not for the legal vacation, which stops the court for two months, we would probably have concluded our case, and then the defense would be open, but we will come back in October and continue from where we left off.
“That is very fast if you compare it with all the other criminal trials that we are even doing here. But I understand,” he said.
He added, “The public will say they don’t see anything, but the point I am trying to make is that the expectation is legitimate because of what we have witnessed, but the work we are doing is very thorough and vibrant.
“I hardly sleep, but the point here is that the public would have to be made aware of the process that we just can’t bundle people based on complaints and throw them into jail. Someone said eight months down the line, and nobody is in jail, but there is no law which says if you are being prosecuted, you are guilty.”
