{"id":106310,"date":"2025-12-11T08:29:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=106310"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:29:20","slug":"united-party-questions-osps-independence-proposes-merging-all-anti-graft-bodies-into-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=106310","title":{"rendered":"United Party questions OSP\u2019s independence, proposes merging all anti-graft bodies into one"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Communications Director of the United Party, Solomon Owusu, has renewed calls for sweeping reforms to Ghana\u2019s anti-corruption framework, urging the consolidation of all anti-graft institutions into a single, constitutionally backed agency with full independence from the Attorney-General. <\/p>\n

He made the remarks on the AM Show<\/em> on Thursday amid growing public debate over the future of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).<\/p>\n

Owusu argued that the current setup undermines the very independence the OSP was created to guarantee. \u201cThe OSP still operates under the purview of the Attorney-General. <\/p>\n

So how do you tell me it\u2019s neutral?\u201d he questioned, insisting that the country must \u201cwork on the constitution\u201d to give any anti-corruption office real autonomy. He added that the proliferation of institutions \u201ccreates the impression\u201d of a strong anti-corruption fight, but lacks the structural backbone to deliver meaningful accountability.<\/p>\n

His comments come as Parliament remains sharply divided over whether to abolish or strengthen the OSP, following recent controversies\u2014including the detention of private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu by the Special Prosecutor. <\/p>\n

The Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, told the House that the OSP should be scrapped entirely, arguing that the Attorney-General is better positioned to lead Ghana\u2019s anti-corruption agenda if adequately resourced.<\/p>\n

But not all lawmakers agree. <\/p>\n

The MP for Damongo, Samuel Jinapor, maintained that the OSP was \u201ca noble idea\u201d by the previous administration and urged the Majority Caucus to stop advocating for the repeal of its establishing Act. <\/p>\n

Earlier, Majority Chief Whip Rockson Dafeamekpor called for Mr Kissi Agyebeng to be summoned before Parliament to explain the recent detentions linked to ongoing investigations.<\/p>\n

Speaker Alban Bagbin, who presided over the sitting, cautioned MPs against politicising the issue. <\/p>\n

He noted that concerns about arrests and detentions by the OSP and other security agencies should be addressed with sobriety, stressing that the rule of law must remain central to Ghana\u2019s governance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"UnitedThe Communications Director of the United Party, Solomon Owusu, has renewed calls for sweeping reforms to Ghana\u2019s anti-corruption framework, urging the consolidation of all anti-graft institutions into a single, constitutionally backed agency with full independence from the Attorney-General. <\/p>\n

He made the remarks on the AM Show on Thursday amid growing public debate over the future of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP).<\/p>\n

Owusu argued that the current setup undermines the very independence the OSP was created to guarantee. \u201cThe OSP still operates under the purview of the Attorney-General.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_2277560469115098_106292521332774":"","twitter_aToxNzczMzI3Njk4OTg4ODUxMjAxOw==_1773327698988851200":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1883,335,10,9,10601],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national","category-osp","category-politics","category-popular","category-united-party"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=106310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106310\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=106310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=106310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=106310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}