Dr. Joshua Zaato, a Senior Lecturer in the Political Science Department at the University of Ghana, has slammed government for delaying in the prosecution of people involved in corruption in the previous government.
He made this assertion on the AM Show on Thursday, following the revelation that Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) has frozen assets worth GH¢1.5 billion.
The NDC’s campaign rhetoric gave foot soldiers a very different picture, according to Dr. Zaato, despite the fact that the legal process of looking into and prosecuting corruption is intrinsically lengthy and complicated.
“They told their followers that Cecilia Dapaah — when we come, she will go to jail,” he said. “They didn’t make it look like ‘when we come, we investigate.’ That’s the difference.”
According to Dr. Zaato, NDC communicators made a contrast between what the law truly permits and what they promised.
Instead of portraying the issue as one requiring formal investigations and legal procedures, campaigns used strong language implying that certain persons had already been found guilty.
According to Dr. Zaato, he has no problem using the appropriate legal procedures to hold public officials accountable.
“Any man or woman in any regime at all who has been invited by relevant agencies, his fundamental human rights protected and taken to legitimate processes — I have no problem with that,” he said.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
