Martin Amidu has slammed current Attorney-General, Dr.

Dominic Ayine, accusing him of using "prosecutorial discretion" as a smokescreen to protect political allies in the controversial discontinuation of the criminal trial involving Dr.

Kwabena Duffuor and seven others.

Former Attorney General and Special Prosecutor, in a hard-hitting open letter, alleged that the government's decision to enter a nolle prosequi in the Republic vs.