South Dayi MP, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor has dismissed the claim by the Minority members in Parliament that President John Mahama's government has become a 'clearing agent', politically acquitting party members standing trial.
Dafeamekpor noted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs are only on a propaganda spree to vindicate themselves because they were once accused of being 'clearing agents'.
According to him, the Akufo-Addo-led administration had 8 years and could not successfully prosecute persons they claim have committed crime, hence, it would be needless for a new government to "waste time and resources" to prosecute these individuals. "They were described as clearing agent so the NPP is looking for opportunity to even the disequilibrium to also say we are clearing agent.
If somebody had indeed committed a crime punishable under law, you don't need 8 years to prosecute him. "If a group of people cannot successfully prosecute a crime for 8 years, you expect a new government to do that? "Given all the facts we know in Ato Forson case, are you saying the Republic should be interested in prosecuting the Minister responsible for Finance, it's a total waste of the nation's resource and time," Dafeamekpor said in an interview on Hot Issues, Sunday, February 9, 2025.
