Mr. Dan Botwe, the Member of Parliament for Okere, has called on President John Evans Atta Mills, as a matter of urgency, to speak clearly and succinctly on the huge amount of money that has been doled out to businessman Alfred Woyome as judgment debt.
Mr. Botwe has stated that the very strange conditions surrounding the payment require that the President comes out to state clearly that he authorized that payment.
Speaking in an interview with this newspaper yesterday, Mr. Dan Botwe stated that it was not possible for any Attorney General, on her own, to negotiate and authorize that payment of such a huge amount of money without the clear and express permission of the President.
�President John Evans Atta Mills must come out clearly on this matter. The fact is that no Attorney General, on her own, can authorize such a payment unless it has been approved at Cabinet and the President is aware! And if that is so, the President would have satisfied himself that it was proper and legitimate that such an amount should be paid,� Mr. Botwe stated.
He wondered how many schools, hospitals, roads and other facilities such an amount of money could provide for many communities across the nation.
�This is unacceptable, and the President must come out to tell us that he approved this thing,� he said.
Turning to the issue of the reputed $20 million dollar headquarters being constructed by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Botwe once again called on the President to speak, as quickly as humanly possible, on the level of his knowledge about that project.
�Unlike other political parties, in the NDC, the flag bearer is the ultimate leader of the party. Before the party can embark on such a project, it would have to seek the consent of the leader. Again, the President was there at congress when the General Secretary reported on the project, so he should come out to tell us clearly what he knows about this project and how it is being funded,� he said.
Source: The Daily Searchlight
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