By Amoako Kwame
The Member of Parliament for Gushegu and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, Hassan Tampuli, has claimed that recent legal and political actions against the Office of the Special Prosecutor are part of a coordinated attempt to undermine the institution following its pursuit of high-profile prosecutions.
Speaking on behalf of the Minority at a press conference, Mr Tampuli said the series of petitions, parliamentary initiatives and court actions against the OSP were not isolated incidents but “political tools” intended to undermine an institution carrying out its mandate.
“The petitions were not serious legal instruments. They were political weapons designed to harass, delegitimise and remove from office a public servant whose only ‘crime’ was doing his job,” he said.
Mr Tampuli told the media that petitions submitted to President John Dramani Mahama seeking the removal of the Special Prosecutor were coordinated and deliberately timed to create the impression of public discontent.
He added that after being referred to the Chief Justice, the petitions were reviewed, with no prima facie case reportedly established against the Special Prosecutor.
“Three were referred formally to the Chief Justice. Zero prima facie case was established,” he said.
He also cited a Supreme Court case filed by a private legal practitioner challenging the constitutionality of the OSP’s prosecutorial authority, describing it as the “third phase” of an effort to weaken the institution through legal means.
“When you cannot kill an institution by statute, you attempt to do so through constitutional litigation,” he said.
His remarks come after an Accra High Court ruling on April 15, 2026, which invalidated all ongoing prosecutions on constitutional grounds, a decision that has reignited national debate about the future of the anti-corruption agency.
The Minority maintains that the timing of these developments is deliberate, pointing to overlaps between the court ruling, parliamentary actions and the filing of the Supreme Court case.
