Tsatsu Tsikata, former Chief Executive of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), would be arraigned at a high court today.
Reacting to the Supreme Court’s ruling on Tsatsu’s motion that the Fast Track Court (FTC), which was trying him was unconstitutional, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General said it had become necessary to try Tsatsu at another court.
Nana Addo said, even though, he respected the Supreme Court’s decision, he disagreed with it. It was the same Supreme Court that dismissed the appeals of Mallam Isa and Victor Selormey and ordered that their trials should continue at the FTC, he said.
Nana Akufo Addo said his office was in the process of completing the necessary papers for a review of the court’s decision, adding that should the review fail, the necessary legal steps would be applied to bring the process of the FTC into being.
He said the Chief Justice had the right to create a court to expedite action on the delivery of justice, and that in reality the FTC is a High Court. It was only a matter of distinction that the two words “fast track” were added to make it Fast Track High Court.
Nana Addo said the FTCs were not of the creation of the government, but the process for their establishment was started by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) regime. “I only inherited the process”, he added.
Mr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, Finance Minister and Mr Kwamena Bartels, Minister of
Private Sector Development flanked the Attorney – General. The Director of Public Prosecutions, Mr Osafo Sampong and Deputy Attorney-General, Miss Gloria Akuffo were also present.
Source: GhanaWeb
