Special Prosecutor Kissi Agiben refuted claims that he attacked the judiciary in a media address last year.
At a press conference in November 2023, Agiben expressed dissatisfaction with the judicial authorities’ response to the case his office had filed with the government’s legal interpretation department.
The Office of the Special Counsel has encountered several setbacks in the cases it is prosecuting.
After his speech in the media, he was heavily criticized by some people.
In an interview with Bernard Kok Avre perspective upon city ​​tvKissy Agiben clarified on Monday, only highlighting some red flags hindering the country’s fight against corruption.
“I wasn’t looking for pity. Those who reacted negatively to me thought I was attacking the judiciary. I wasn’t attacking the judiciary. “What we did was point out something in our assessment that we didn’t think was correct,” he claimed.
He further explained that if these bottlenecks are not resolved, Ghana’s fight against corruption could be undermined.
“My attitude may have suggested irritation, but you don’t deliver bad news with a smile. If we don’t, in this field, if we continue on the same path, we will lose the fight against corruption. It was like a gong toll.”
“My mission as Special Prosecutor of the Republic is to understand where we are in the fight against corruption, what we are doing, whether we are doing it right, and whether we are doing it right. It’s about raising awareness about what we’re not doing right, and how we need to reframe things, reverse the negatives and emphasize the positives, in order to get the right foothold in the fight against corruption. He also spoke about the Kika.