Richard Jakpa, one of the accused in the dismissed ambulance case, has urged all subsequent presidents of Ghana to thoroughly check the background and characters they appoint to the office of the Attorney General.
He is of the view that the individuals who occupy the position must be checked because they represent the law and their characters may lead to sending jailing innocent people.
Jakpa noted that the current government has captured every state institution and has cowered everyone to silence but some judges still uphold the rule of law hence their victory in court.
“I will entreat subsequent presidents to check the character of who they appoint as Attorney General of the country because if you want to protect our democracy and rule of law, you must be circumspect about who you appoint as your attorney general. He is number one enforce of the law.
All ethics of the legal system, he is the leader of that so if you appoint a crooked person, a crook who doesn’t play by the books, a gangster and he comes and take the position, then you can be rest assured that innocent people, men of integrity will all be sent to jail. You rather join them to pull the country down or they send you to jail.
Most Ghanaians and other people from other institutions have no choice but to join them. So you can see that almost all our institutions have been captured. They have been cowered into silence. We only have a few men of integrity who are in state institutions, who are still trying to uphold rule of law. If it were left with these people in government, there will be nothing there for Ghanaians.
So it is very important that when it is time for us to go and vote, Ghanaians should protect their democracy and give the third independence to Ghana and that is bringing back John Dramani Mahama and we need Ghanaians to support. The country has been run down. We need to rescue this country,” he said.
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