The former Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has questioned the legality of the Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) committee saying the name itself shouldn't be countenanced.
He says the committee lacks the authority to be submitting letters to individuals whom they suggest have "looted" the state without undergoing any investigation and trial.
According to the him, Ghana as a democratic polity has due process which establishes criminality of a person, and until such procedures are followed, one cannot be deemed a criminal.
However, initial letters from the ORAL team to individuals say those persons have looted, which means the persons have been charged with crime before the source of whatever they posses is ascertained.
