Airbus scandal report tells us Akufo Addo is not ignorant of the rules of conflict of interest – Srem Sai
Published:
2 months ago
Source:
3News
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
A Constitutional Lawyer Justice Srem-Sai has said that the report of the Special Prosecutor on the Airbus scandal points to two key facts that President Akufo Addo is not ignorant of the rules of conflict of interest and also that the criminal process can be started on the back of the sole fact that a relative of a high government official is involved in government transactions. Assessing the OSP report, he stated that the factual basis for President Akufo Addo's criminal complaint to the OSP was not that there was evidence of actual bribery, and not that a financial loss had been caused. His only basis for the complaint was that John Mahama, as Vice President, had his brother on the other side of the transaction. The OSP at a press briefing on Thursday, August 8 said Mahama was identified as Government Official One by the UK and US courts during their investigations.
"The OSP confirms the identity of the following individuals. The individual described as Government official 1 by the UK court and individual one by the US court is John Dramani Mahama.