CHRAJ Is Yet To Receive M&J Documents from A-G--Short

The Commissioner, Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Justice Emile Francis Short, says the Attorney-General is yet to hand over any relevant documentation concerning investigations by her outfit in the Mabey & Johnson (M&J) scandal. The Commissioner, however, said even without those germane documents, CHRAJ has already begun investigations into the allegations of bribery leveled against some Ghanaian Ministers and public officials. ��Let me state that even before the President gave the directive for the A-G to follow-up on the case, we had began our own investigations�so when we receive the relevant documents from the A-G, then we�ll know how the investigations will proceed�but we�re hopeful that at the close of day today or by tomorrow, we�ll have all documents related to the issue,� he told Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM�s �Kokrokoo�. Over the weekend, Health Minister Dr Sipa Yankey, who was a Director at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, at the time of the bribery, resigned whilst Alhaji Amadu Seidu, a Minister of State at the Presidency, who was a Deputy Minister of Works and Housing also tendered in his resignation. A ruling by a London court cited persons including Dr Yankey, Alhaji Amadu Seidu, Baba Kamara and Boniface Saddique as having taken bribes in the 1990s from officials of Mabey and Johnson, a UK construction firm. Justice Emile Short gave the assurance that because of CHRAJ�s reputation, balanced investigations will be conducted into the scandal, adding that President Mills� directive that CHRAJ takes over investigations, was a pointer to the level of confidence reposed in the outfit. ��since the commission was set-up in 1993, all our works show that we�re very independent, very neutral and impartial. So I believe that because of this status, the President directed the A-G to hand over the investigations to CHRAJ..., � he stressed.