By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
A Deputy Presidential Spokesperson, Shamima Muslim, has slammed some New Patriotic Party (NPP) faithful who have taken to the various media platforms to chastise President John Mahama for discontinuing some high-profile cases initiated by the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo-led administration.
The Deputy Presidential Spokesperson argued that the Nana Akufo Addo-led NPP administration had a full eight years in power to secure convictions but failed because it couldn’t find a single shred of evidence to nail any past National Democratic Congress (NDC) appointees.
Reacting to some criticisms coming from known NPP persons over the current administration’s decision to discontinue some high-profile cases, which began way back in 2017, on Accra-based Joy News’ current affairs programme dubbed “PM Express” on Monday, February 10, 2025, Shamima Muslim questioned why the NPP folks have shifted the blame to Mahama’s administration when the NPP had all the time and legal backing to pursue these cases.
“Eight good years the New Patriotic Party had to prosecute some of these cases. Eight good years that they had a very favourable representation in our courts.
Excuse me to say, but we all know the perceptions around the packing of the court by former President Nana Akufo-Addo, and sometimes some of what people describe as procured outcomes from our courts,” she stressed.
The Deputy Presidential Spokesperson explained that if the NPP truly had strong cases against political opponents they accused of corruption, they would have secured convictions long ago.
“If they had any case at all against these political opponents that were facing persecution through the instrument of our law courts, they would have secured prosecutions and judgments, just as they did in previous tenures, and jailed those individuals,” she reiterated.
Shamima Muslim reaffirmed that President Mahama is not interested in covering up wrongdoing within his administration but in ensuring justice is pursued fairly and efficiently.
“We should have confidence that he is not going to cover up any member of his administration. He has announced that even as we are going to start operationalising ORAL findings under the legal mandate of Ghana’s Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, we will also bring on stream Operation Prevent All Loots (OPAL),” she added.
Shamima Muslim further underscored President Mahama’s firm stance against corruption, pointing out that he is the only president in recent history to openly declare in his manifesto that no government official will be allowed to engage in state capture or illegal acquisition of state assets.
“He has put it in black and white. He is committed to doing it because there’s got to be an end to lamentations.
“We cannot continue to lament over the things that are eroding our democratic gains and show no commitment in terms of leadership,” she stated.
