Minority in Parliament asks for withdrawal of special prosecutor bill

The Minority Caucus in Parliament has again asked for the withdrawal of the Special Prosecutor Bill 2017 which was laid on the 14th of this month for it to be re-laid. 

The Leader of the Caucus, Haruna Iddrisu reiterated the call for the Bill to be withdrawn on the grounds that the Bill did meet the mandatory 14 days gazette period before it was introduced into the House for consideration. 

The Bill which seeks to establish the Office of the Special Prosecutor forms part of government’s drive to fight corruption and abuse of public office. 

Citing Article 106 of the Constitution Mr. Iddrisu observed a violation of the Constitution in the introduction of the Special Prosecutor Bill into the House as the Bill was published in the gazette for only four days.

The Majority Leader Osei Kyei-Mensh-Bonsu asked the Minority Caucus to take a principled position as they are inconsistent with their concerns with the introduction of the Bill.

Meanwhile, the House has adopted the report of the Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee on whether the office of the Special Prosecutor Bill 2017 is of urgent nature or not.  

Presenting the Committee's report, the Chairman of the Committee Ben Abdallah Banda said the Committee after careful deliberation agreed to allow the Bill go through the full hall instead of it being taken through a certificate of urgency.

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