Special Prosecutor can’t be sacked on a whim – Director at OSP explains
Published:
1 month ago
Source:
GhanaWeb
Director of Strategy, Research, and Communication Division at the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP), Samuel Appiah Darko, has reiterated that the Special Prosecutor, who heads the OSP, cannot be removed from office whimsically or without due cause and procedure. He explained that the OSP is an independent agency accountable to Parliament and that its head, who serves a non-renewable term of seven years, can only be impeached by Parliament for stated offenses.
"The OSP is an independent agency accountable to Parliament. The head enjoys a 7-year non-renewable tenure. They may only be removed through impeachment based on stated offenses, similar to justices of the superior courts," Mr. Appiah Darko, a lawyer and journalist, asserted.