President Mahama will not be the first president to be dragged to CHRAJ if the PPP succeeds.
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The President has been under fire for accepting a Ford Expedition vehicle from a Burkinabe contractor worth $100, 000 after the latter won the bid to construct the $650,000 Ghana Embassy Wall in the Burkina Faso capital, Ouagadougou.
Dr. Omane Boamah later in a statement denied any wrong doing on the part of the president since the Ford Expedition was added to the government’s pool of vehicles.
But the Policy Advisor of the PPP Kofi Asamoah-Siaw said the president has embarrassed the nation and “cannot be resolved with the usual propagandist approach without the culprit suffering the penalty for it”.
He called on parliament to initiate an impeachment process against the president for what he described as an “act of gross misconduct”.
He indicated that as they wait to see what action parliament will take, the PPP has instructed its lawyers to file a complaint with CHRAJ. This he said is in accordance “with article 287 of the 1992 Constitution. Article 287(1) states that an allegation that a public officer has contravened or has not complied with a provision of this Chapter shall be made to the Commissioner for Human Rights and Administrative Justice and, in the case of the Commissioner of Human Rights and Administrative Justice, to the Chief Justice who shall, unless the person concerned makes a written admission of the contravention or non-compliance, cause the matter to be investigated.”
President Mahama will not be the first president to be dragged to CHRAJ if the PPP succeeds.
Former president Kufuor was also dragged to CHRAJ after it was alleged that he renovated his residence at Airport using state resources.