A member of the communications team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Ellen Ama Daaku, has said Dr Dominic Ayine will go down as one of the under-performed Attorney Generals in Ghana’s history.
According to the outspoken communicator, the Attorney General has begun his work on the wrong footing and has resorted to being biased against the opposition NPP in the cases he decides to prosecute in court.
Speaking in an interview on Wontumi Radio, Ellen Ama Daaku said if Dr Ayine does not check his way of handling affairs, he would have achieved nothing by the end of his four-year tenure as the government’s chief legal advisor.
“Dr. Ayine cannot tell me—a law student who wants to become like him—that since he became the Attorney General and knowing how the law works, he has decided that a total of 52 persons who have embezzled over $3.7 billion of state funds can go home free by discontinuing the criminal cases against them in court. He did that because these are known NDC members. He then decides to haul Kwabena Adu Boahene, who has allegedly embezzled $7 million, to court. Can you imagine?”
Ellen Ama Daaku added, “Dr. Ayine has dropped the cloak of an astute and fair-minded lawyer that we have known him to be in the past and has put on his NDC attire. You can’t tell me that you have dropped the criminal prosecution of these known NDC members so they can go and enjoy the funds they embezzled. Dr. Ayine has started on the wrong footing. At the end of his four-year tenure, he would have destroyed the reputation he has built over the years with politics. He will go down as one of the worst Attorney Generals in Ghana’s history.”
Meanwhile, the AG has provided detailed justifications for his decision to drop criminal charges in several high-profile cases, including those involving former government officials from the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Speaking at a press conference Dr Ayine emphasized that his decisions were guided by ethical considerations, legal principles, and a commitment to fairness and transparency.
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