The Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, , went in hard at President John Dramani Mahama during the #SavetheJudiciaryDemo on Monday, May 5, 2025.
Reading from the petition, which he described as 'respectful and decent', Afenyo-Markin heavily criticised almost every action of the Mahama government, using very strong words against the president and his party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Afenyo-Markin claimed that the democratic principles of the country are under attack, saying that "there is a frightening and ominous cloud now looming over our republic as we march today." He said that the 1992 Constitution of Ghana was under threat, with institutions mandated to safeguard the country's liberties being infiltrated by "a ruthless cabal who are determined to cling to power at all cost - a third term agenda." He listed the supposed wrongdoings of the Mahama government as follows: Establishing an unconstitutional ORAL: The Minority Leader accused Mahama of starting his attack on Ghana's democracy even before being sworn into office by establishing the 'unconstitutional' Operation Recover All Loot (ORAL) preparatory committee.
He accused the president of using ORAL to target appointees of the previous New Patriotic Party government while freeing his appointees who were being prosecuted. "Even before the NDC under President Mahama could assume the reins of government, we saw a violent attack on our constitutional order. "They established a so-called ORAL, a committee without any legal basis or constitutional backing, which engaged in flagrant illegalities.
