Kissi’s Claim Of Being “The Conscience And Soul Of Ghana” Is Problematic- Prof. Gyampo
Political Science Professor Ransford Yaw Gyampo has retaliated to a comment made by Special Prosecutor Kissi Agyabeng on Newsfile recently claiming to be “the conscience and soul of Ghana”.
Prof. Gyamfo in a Facebook post on Monday, June 12, 2023, said his statement sounds religiously and politically blasphemous and problematic as said by law, all persons are innocent or “consecrated saints” until proven guilty therefore his probe on cases in Ghana shouldn’t make him believe he is the soul of the state.
“But in his own law that he studied, there is a principle that all are innocent or “consecrated saints” until proven guilty. So, where from this new alien legal maxim being propounded and must we allow Kissi Agyabeng to impose it on us as a people?”
“Even though he admits and applauds the achievements and contributions of Prof Frimpong Boateng to Ghana, some of his comments surreptitiously rubbishes such heroic contributions. We must guillotine this attitude of ingratitude and prevent it from festering, else no one will die for Ghana like the Special Prosecutor wants us to believe he’s currently doing, but which I honestly doubt”.
“Kissi’s claim that he, an individual, and a mortal human being, who isn’t a saint himself, is the conscience and soul of Ghana, sounds religiously and politically blasphemous and problematic, as he suddenly attempts to play God in Ghana. Per his own enabling act, he walks in the shadows of the Attorney General who is a partisan appointee”, an excerpt of his message read.
Moreover, Prof. Gyampo entreated the Special Prosecutor never to be proud of being an Independent Public Prosecutor since he was appointed based on his political affiliation.
“He can be directed and dictated to, by the Attorney General in the conduct of his work.
Such a dependent Special Prosecutor, cannot arrogate to himself the role of an Independent Public Prosecutor. You cannot walk in the shadows of a partisan appointee and still describe yourself as the conscience and soul of the nation. Even the Citizen Vigilante, Martin Amidu, in spite of all that he did prior to his appointment and during his appointment as Special Prosecutor, never described himself as the conscience and soul of the nation”.
“It may be possible for someone or an institution to emerge one day, as the soul and conscience of the nation. But even if this may be possible, trust for such institutions created by partisan executive presidents in Ghana can only be built over time, not at once, as aptly argued by Kofi Bentil on Newsfile over the weekend.
If politicians have succeeded in bastardizing and making even constitutionally created independent institutions nearly dependent, even to the point of ordering their staff to submit their CVs to them for scrutiny, then Kissi Agyabeng cannot force Ghanaians to trust him all of a sudden as being independent”.
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