News:
July 27, 2017
Following pressure from the Minority side of the House and the controversy surrounding the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, government has withdrawn the Bill.
Zongo Development Bill, 2017 and the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, 2017 were laid on the floor of the House under a certificate of urgency.
Committee on Constitutional Legal and Parliamentary Affairs rejected a request by government to take Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill under a certificate of urgency.
As the committee recommended that due to the nature of the Bill it should be taken through the normal process. The Minority raised issues of constitutional breach asking that the bill be gazetted when it was first laid on Tuesday the 18th of July 2017.
President Akufo-Addo while campaigning for the position in 2016, announced that his government would create an office of a special public prosecutor to prosecute ‘certain’ corrupt cases in the public sector.
He said the office of the prosecutor would be created within six months in office if he won the election.
The Bill for the Zongo and Inner City development has also been withdrawn by government.
By: Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com