Tag: Martin Kpebu
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Oliver Barker-Vormawor Pushes Back on Calls to Scrape the Office of the Special Prosecutor
Ghana’s anti-corruption debate reopens as Barker-Vormawor responds to Kpebu In a turn of recent political discourse in Ghana, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, convener of the FixTheCountry movement, has vigorously pushed back against calls from private legal practitioner Martin Kpebu and others to scrap the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP). The exchange highlights a broader debate about…
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Oliver Barker-Vormawor vs. Scrapping the OSP: A High-Stakes Debate on Ghana’s Anti-Graft Efforts
Introduction: A Divisive Question in Ghana’s Anti-Graft Arena The future of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) is once again in the spotlight as Oliver Barker-Vormawor, convener of the FixTheCountry movement, publicly challenged calls to dissolve or significantly weaken the anti-corruption body. While some private legal practitioners like Martin Kpebu have argued for scrapping…
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Ghana’s Anti-Graft Debate: Barker-Vormawor Backs OSP, Clashes with Calls to Scrap It
Background: The OSP in Ghana’s anti-corruption landscape The Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) in Ghana has been positioned as a key pillar in the country’s anti-corruption architecture. Created to investigate and prosecute high-level corruption cases, the OSP operates alongside other institutions like the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO) and the Ghanaian judiciary. In…