Some democracy watchdog director went after lawyer Martin Kpebu for wanting the Special Prosecutor fired, calling the whole thing peak hypocrisy since Kpebu usually champions anti-corruption work. Kojo Asante from CDD-Ghana told a television program that politicians in the current government demanding the office get scrapped while simultaneously talking about fighting graft makes zero sense.
Asante said the real issue is that nobody in the political class actually wants independent oversight when it might apply to their own people, and tearing down the agency would wreck accountability frameworks. Kpebu has been pushing for Kissi Agyebeng to get removed over corruption claims and supposedly botched investigations into a former finance minister, but the director thinks this resistance shows how uncomfortable everyone gets when checks and balances might actually touch them.
Asante said the real issue is that nobody in the political class actually wants independent oversight when it might apply to their own people, and tearing down the agency would wreck accountability frameworks. Kpebu has been pushing for Kissi Agyebeng to get removed over corruption claims and supposedly botched investigations into a former finance minister, but the director thinks this resistance shows how uncomfortable everyone gets when checks and balances might actually touch them.
