Special Prosecutor (SP), Martin Alamisi Burnes Kaiser Amidu, has accused
the Speaker of Parliament, Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye, of interfering in
his work of prosecuting corrupt parliamentarians who have abused their
office.
He explained that when he sent a member of parliament to court, the
Speaker invited him (Martin Amidu) to his office, and tried to persuade
him as to how he should behave but “I told him ‘No I won’t.'”
“He wrote to the judge with a certificate directing the judge how he
should behave, the judge turned it down…there is nothing like bipartisan
interference in the work of the office of Special Prosecutor when the
legislature which made the law and gave the independence tries to
interfere as to how it is executed,” Mr Amidu said to host of ‘Time With
David’, David Ampofo.
The Special Prosecutor debunked the assertion that he is a lonely man
and it is only the general public that he owes his duty to and not the
politicians.
He noted, “If you bipartisanly obstruct the fight against corruption,
you should remember Tunisia, Sudan and your people who are suffering and
who will want alternatives to have freedom.”
Mr Amidu believes that the political elite are being protected when it
comes to the fight against corruption whilst the ordinary citizen who
only stole a finger of plantain will be jailed for 5 years.
“When ministers or former ministers take double salaries, one year now
nothing has happened…that is abuse of office for private profit, what is
happening…I have made a statement about it, nobody is looking at
that…everybody is looking at me…was I set up as a citizen vigilante to
become a Special Prosecutor so that at the end of the day, failure would
be put on me?” he quizzed.
Mr Amidu indicated that he doesn’t want anybody to put the failure on
him because he didn’t get the tools to work when he was appointed based
on his hard-earned reputation.
“Don’t put it on me because I am ready to work, and I have demonstrated
not withstanding where you come from, I will deal with you…,” he warned.