A former chief investigator at the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) says once the Commission found president John Mahama guilty of breaching the gift policy, it ought to have been “braver and courageous” in finding him guilty of breaching the conflict of interest law. Prof Ken Attafuah cannot comprehend how the Commission … Read more
Parliamentary candidate for Lawra constituency, Anthony Abayifa Karbo has described the report by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on President John Mahama’s infamous Ford Expedition gift as “bogus”. According to him, CHRAJ investigations into the car gift saga is not impressive enough because it appears the Commission contradicted itself in the … Read more
President John Mahama should have rejected the Ford Expedition SUV gifted him by Burkinabe contractor Djibril Kanazoe, former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr Emile Short has said. “If you look at the President’s own code of ethics, he prohibits his ministers from accepting gifts in cash or kind … Read more
Barely a day after President John Dramani Mahama’s lawyer, Tony Lithur, hailed the outcome of investigations into his client’s acceptance of a Ford gift from a Burkinabe contractor, a presidential staffer, Dr. Clement Apaak, has said he disagrees with the aspect of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice’s (CHRAJ), report, indicting the President … Read more
Minority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has questioned whether the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice(CHRAJ) exhausted all the process leading to the report it released Thursday, 29 September 2016 on Mahama’s Ford Expedition gift received from the Burkinabe contractor, Djibril Freres Kanazoe. Mr. Mensah-Bonsu said the report of CHRAJ is unsubstantiated by the fact … Read more
Deputy General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), lawyer Obiri Boahen says the 78 page report by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is incomplete without the voice of the Burkinabe contractor, Oumarou Djibril Kanazoe, who is the at centre of the controversy. According to the lawyer, CHRAJ has done … Read more
The critics who are pummelling the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for clearing President John Mahama in connection with the Ford Expedition saga can go to court if they will, presidential staffer Dr Clement Apaak has said. Dr Apaak told Prince Minkah on Class91.3FM’s Executive Breakfast Show that a critic like former … Read more
The presidency has accepted the report by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) over investigations into a Ford gift to President John Mahama. CHRAJ, Thursday, September 29, 2016 cleared the president of bribery, but indicted him for violating the gift policy with regard to his decision to accept the vehicle from a … Read more
Ernesto Yeboah, a youth leader of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has said the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice’s (CHRAJ) report in relation to Mahama’s Ford gift Saga released Thursday, September, 29, should be a compelling interest for Parliament to probe Mahama. Ernesto contends that the President per the report has violated oath … Read more
The decision by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to clear President John Mahama in the Ford Expedition gift controversy is “problematic,” former CHRAJ Commissioner Justice Emile Short has said. CHRAJ has said not only did its investigation into allegations of bribery, fraud and conflict of interest brought against Mr Mahama in … Read more
The report released by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) exonerating President John Mahama of any wrongdoing as far as his acceptance of a Ford Expedition gift from a Burkinabe contractor is concerned, shows that the commission simply exists to do the presidency’s bidding, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, Minority Leader of Parliament, has said. … Read more
Former boss of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Justice Emile Short says the Commission’s decision to clear President John Dramani Mahama of any fault in the Ford Expedition gift saga is problematic. According to the former Commissioner, the decision is questionable as it is likely to send the wrong signal to … Read more
Although the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has released a report exonerating President John Mahama of any wrongdoing as far as his acceptance of a Ford Expedition gift from a Burkinabe contractor Djibril Kanazoe is concerned, there are more questions that need to be answered by the President, Prof Mike Ocquaye, former … Read more
Lawyer for President John Dramani Mahama, Tony Lithur has applauded the Commission for Human Right and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) for exonerating his client over the Ford SUV gift saga. Mr Lithur in a statement said he was “always confident of my client’s innocence, the report throws more light on the circumstances surrounding the subject of … Read more
A legal practitioner and law lecturer has faulted the procedure adopted by the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate allegations of corruption, bribery and conflict of interest against President John Mahama. Yaw Oppong says the investigation processes was not thorough and suppressed the opportunity of both petitioners and the accused (the … Read more
The Campaign Coordinator for the National Democratic Congress’s (NDC) 2016 election campaign, Kofi Adams, says the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice’s (CHRAJ) report partly clearing President John Mahama of any wrong doing in the Ford gift saga, vindicates the party’s long-held position, and also shames his critics. “Today is a day of shame … Read more
Ernesto Yeboah, a youth leader of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), who initiated the petition that compelled the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), to investigate President Mahama’s receipt of the Ford gift from a Burkinabe contractor, says the outcome of the probe clearly shows that the President cannot be trusted to protect … Read more
The 2016 Campaign Coordinator of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) says he was not surprised the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has exonerated the President on the Ford gift saga. Kofi Adams says the NDC made it clear from the day the matter became public that President John Mahama was incorruptible … Read more
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice’s clearance of President John Mahama of bribery allegations in the Ford vehicle gift saga is nothing, but a charade, the Minority Leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu has said. Speaking on Starr Today Thursday, he said the report is bereft of substance and the minority will interrogate … Read more
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has said its investigations into bribery and conflict of interest allegations brought against President John Mahama in connection with his acceptance of a Ford Expedition gift does not only exonerate the president but also brings closure to the matter. After close to four months of what … Read more