Gushegu\u2019s Member of Parliament and Ranking Member on Parliament\u2019s Legal Affairs Committee, Hassan Tampuli, has accused recent legal and political moves against the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) of being part of a deliberate effort to weaken the anti-corruption body following its high-profile prosecutions.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a press conference on behalf of the NPP Minority, Tampuli argued that the series of petitions, parliamentary actions, and court cases targeting the OSP were not random incidents but \u201cpolitical weapons\u201d intended to dismantle an institution simply for doing its job.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe petitions were not serious legal instruments. They were political weapons designed to harass, delegitimise, and remove from office a public servant whose crime was that he was doing his job,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
His remarks follow an April 15, 2026, Accra High Court ruling that declared all OSP prosecutions constitutionally invalid\u2014a decision that has reignited national debate over the agency\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
Tampuli told journalists that petitions submitted to President John Mahama seeking the Special Prosecutor\u2019s removal were \u201ccoordinated and strategically timed\u201d to simulate public discontent. He noted that after the Chief Justice reviewed the petitions, no prima facie case was established against the Special Prosecutor.<\/p>\n
\u201cThree referred formally to the Chief Justice. Zero prima facie case established,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to Tampuli, after the petition route failed, there were attempts in Parliament to strip the OSP of its powers\u2014efforts that also publicly collapsed. He then pointed to a Supreme Court case filed by a private lawyer challenging the OSP\u2019s prosecutorial authority, calling it the \u201cthird phase\u201d of a coordinated legal strategy to cripple the institution.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you cannot kill an institution by statute, you attempt to do so through constitutional litigation,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n
The Minority contends the timing of these events\u2014including the court ruling, parliamentary maneuvers, and the Supreme Court filing\u2014is not coincidental. The Supreme Court case is still pending.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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