Chief Justice’s office denies receiving Mahama’s note on CHRAJ boss

The office of the Chief Justice has denied receiving a directive from President Mahama to investigate the embattled CHRAJ boss, Madam Lauretta Lamptey. This is contrary to claims made over the weekend on Joy FM’s Newsfile by a member of governing party’s legal team, Abraham Amaliba that the President has since taken action to that effect after he was petitioned to do so weeks ago. The constitution demands that the President forwards any petition he receives regarding the removal of the Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to the Chief Justice for action. Mr. Amaliba announced that President Mahama has fulfilled that constitutional obligation. But the Judicial Secretary, Justice Alex Acheampong has confirmed that the Chief Justice, Mrs. Georgina Wood is yet to receive any petition as of Monday, October 13, 2014. Madam Lauretta Lamptey has been accused of abusing her office in two separate petitions to the President. She spent 4,500 dollars of the tax payer’s money every month for almost three years to rent a luxury house while she spent an additional 180,000 cedis to renovate her official residence. Member of Parliament’s Special Budgets committee Frank Annor Dumpreh was the first to activate the constitutional process for the removal of the CHRAJ boss when he petitioned the President about her conduct. That was followed by a second petition from the group Progressive Nationalist Forum (PNF). Frank Annor Dumpreh was however surprised to hear that the Chief Justice has not received the petition from the President to investigate the CHRAJ Boss.

Source:Myjoyonline.com