#BringbackDomelevo: Over 400 CSOs join forces against Auditor-General's forced leave

About 435 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have launched a campaign to put pressure on the Presidency to rescind a decision to compel the Auditor General Daniel Domelevo to proceed on leave.

The Coalition of CSOs believe the President's directive to the Auditor General, who is reputed as an anti-graft campaigner, flouts the spirit and letter of the 1992 Constitution.

Mr Domelevo has been compelled in a letter from the Presidency to take his accumulated 167 days leave, spanning some three years of continues service.

Although the action has been justified by the Presidency as appropriate and grounded in the Public Service law, same has been criticised by some legal experts.

Critics say the proceed-on-leave directive is inappropriate because the nature of the law that creates the Auditor General's office is similar to those that create the office of the CHRAJ Commissioner and the Chief Justice.

Addressing a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, Executive Director of the CDD, Dr Kojo Asante, urged the public to support the #Bringbackdomelevo campaign to achieve the needed impact.

Speaking on behalf of the Coalition of about 500 CSOs, Dr Asante said at the press conference that it is a big disappointment for Mr Domelevo to be asked to proceed on leave because it undermines the national anti-corruption campaign.

"The action (of the president weakens Ghana's quest for democratic governance," he said.

Dr Asante said the public anger that greeted the President's directive should send message to him that Mr Domelevo must be returned to office.

Source: ghanaweb.com