A former Director of the Ghana School of Law, Kwaku Ansah-Asare, has called on President John Dramani Mahama to revoke the appointment of the five-member Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) team, warning that the team could bring the administration into disrepute.
In an interview with JoyNews on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, he reiterated that constitutional bodies have already been empowered to address such matters and that ORAL lacks legal basis and serves no additional purpose. "The moment I read about ORAL, I pointed out that it has no support in law.
So, the Attorney General-designate, he should be able to tell the general public, you know, the legality or otherwise of ORAL," he noted.
Ansah-Asare emphasised that ORAL is not mandated to resolve issues with finality, a function he believes has already been exceeded. "This is one of the problems we are going to have with ORAL.