President John Mahama has described as baseless claims that he’s been involved in an act of corruption.
According to him, he remains incorruptible and will not do anything in contravention of the constitution which he’s jealously guarding.
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) wants a parliamentary probe into President Mahama’s alleged $100, 000 car gift he received from a Burkinabe contractor when he was vice president.
The largest opposition is calling for a bi-partisan public enquiry to be appointed to probe into this serious matter pursuant to Article 2789(c), of the 1992 constitution.
The party’s Acting National Chairman, Freddie Blay told a Press conference in Accra that the circumstantial evidence linking the President to the contractor, and the contracts to the gift, and clear efforts not to be transparent with the transaction, provide enough grounds for Ghanaians to get a full public enquiry into the matter.
“Other than the Constitution, our procurement laws and potentially other laws may have been broken. Parliament owes it a duty to the people of Ghana to institute an open inquiry into this matter,” he said.
The elephant family has however dared the President to speak on the matter himself and not hire defense team made up of his communicators to react to the matter.
“The President who is personally and directly involved in this bribery allegation has thus far refused to speak on matter, choosing, instead, to let his paid spokespersons. My message to His Excellency the President is this: Mr. President, please speak on your own behalf and in your own defense! The giver, your friend, has confessed that he has given his friend in government who has since helped him to secure government contracts a gift of a sports utility vehicle.”
But in sharp reply, the President told a gathering at Ashaiman during his ‘accounting to the people tour’ of the Greater Accra region that the allegations are much ado about nothing.
“The allegation of corruption is baseless. Baseless accusations won’t win you the Presidency. Ghanaians are discerning and I believe come November 7, they will make their decision,” he said.
