By The Office of the Attorney-General has urged Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa, to halt his criticisms against the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, and instead focus on presenting factual information.
Cudjoe’s recent social media post called upon Attorney-General Godfred Yeboah Dame to issue an unreserved apology to the people of SALL (Santrokofi, Akpafu, Likpe, and Lolobi) for perceived inaction regarding their voting rights during the 2020 elections.
Despite being eligible voters, these residents were unable to participate in parliamentary elections in 2020 due to the absence of a designated constituency for them.
The issue was brought before the courts, leading to an interim injunction from the Ho High Court against the Electoral Commission’s gazetting of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) John Peter Amewu as the Member of Parliament-elect for Hohoe.
Following this, Godfred Dame, who was then Deputy Attorney General, successfully challenged this injunction at the Supreme Court.
In response to Cudjoe’s demand for an apology, Isaac Wilberforce Mensah, the Spokesperson for the Attorney General, clarified that the Attorney General’s responsibilities do not include advising the Electoral Commission on constituency creation.
He stressed that constituency delineation falls solely within the jurisdiction of the Electoral Commission, not the Attorney General.
Mensah also emphasized that during the relevant period, Godfred Yeboah Dame served as a deputy and did not provide advice to the President, as suggested by Cudjoe.
He stressed that attacking the Attorney General for matters outside his constitutional mandate is unwarranted and advised directing such inquiries to the appropriate authorities.
“The duties of the Attorney General under the constitution are not about the creation of constituencies for which reason you would attack the Attorney General. These questions should be directed to the proper quarters. The constitution under the representation of the People’s Chapter has given that duty specifically to a particular body in this country and it is like we are trying to attack the Attorney General for anything that happens in the country,” Wilberforce Mensah said in an interview on GHONE TV.
