The Minority in Parliament has accused the government of orchestrating a coordinated plan to weaken the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) through legal and parliamentary means.
Addressing a press conference on behalf of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority, the MP for Gushegu and Ranking Member on Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, Hassan Tampuli, alleged that recent actions against the OSP were part of a broader effort to dismantle the institution after it pursued high-profile prosecutions.
“The petitions were not serious legal instruments. They were political weapons designed to harass, delegitimise, and remove from office a public servant whose crime was that he was doing his job,” he said.
His comments come after the Accra High Court ruled on April 15, 2026, declaring all OSP prosecutions null and void on constitutional grounds. The decision has reignited national debate over the future of the anti-corruption body.
Mr Tampuli told journalists that petitions submitted to President John Mahama seeking the removal of the Special Prosecutor were “coordinated and strategically timed” to create the impression of public dissatisfaction.
He noted that the petitions were referred to the Chief Justice for review, with no prima facie case reportedly established against the Special Prosecutor.
“Three referred formally to the Chief Justice. Zero prima facie case established,” he stated.
According to him, after the petition process failed, attempts were made in Parliament to curtail the powers of the OSP, but those efforts “also collapsed publicly.”
He further cited a Supreme Court suit filed by a private legal practitioner challenging the constitutionality of the OSP’s prosecutorial powers, describing it as the “third phase” of a sustained strategy to weaken the institution through different legal channels.
“When you cannot kill an institution by statute, you attempt to do so through constitutional litigation,” he argued.
The Minority insists the timing of these developments is not coincidental, pointing to overlaps between the High Court ruling, parliamentary actions, and the filing of the Supreme Court case.
The Supreme Court case remains pending.