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CHRAJ Clearing Mahama Sends The Wrong Message To Public Officials – Former CHRAJ Commissioner Emile Short

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The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) report clearing President Mahama of any wrongdoing in the Ford gift saga is problematic and sends the wrong signal to public servants.
Those are the thoughts of Justice Emile Short, former Commissioner of the Investigative body.
Short told Joy FM that the report – which faulted the President for taking the gift but stopped short of indicting him – sets a bad precedent for ministers and other public servants who might be faced with similar incidents in their line of work.
“The conclusion is rather problematic.” Short said on the Super Morning Show Friday.
“My concern is what sort of signal does it send to the ministers, say the roads and highways Minister who might be dealing with contractors – whether foreign or domestic – and when they are confronted with a situation where they are offered a gift in the course of the performance of their official functions, how they are to deal with such a situation.” he wondered.
“If the decision of the Commission is to be accepted at face value, does it really send the right signal to minters and other public office holders as to how they should deal with the question of gifts?”
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) cleared the President, John Dramani Mahama of any wrongdoing in the Ford gift saga after concluding their probe into the matter.

 CHRAJ were investigating allegations of bribery against the President who received a Ford Expedition vehicle from Burkinabe contractor Djibril Kanazoe, a contractor who subsequently received contracts from the government of Ghana.

But after concluding their ‘probe’ – the Commission ruled that there is no evidence of bribery against the President in his actions over the saga. The Commission said since he handed over the car to be joined to the State’s pool of vehicles, he was not culpable of bribery, fraud or conflict of interest.
The report however added the President violated the ‘gifts policy’ in place under the Code of Conduct for public officials.



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