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Investigate Mr Bartels’ tenure
of office – CPP declares
Accra, May 27, Ghanadot/GNA – The Convention People’s Party
(CPP) on Tuesday hailed the removal of Mr. Kwamena Bartels,
former Minister of the Interior, and called for
investigations into his conduct as a Minister.
“With his dismissal from office, we urge President John
Agyekum Kufuor to do the next logical thing and institute an
investigation into allegations that Mr Bartels improperly
influenced the disbursements of state-guaranteed loans to
his family members,” the CPP stated in a statement to the
media on the latest cabinet reshuffle.
The statement signed by Mr. Kosi Dedey, CPP Publicity
Chairman, described the removal of Mr. Bartels as
“encouraging” saying, “the former Minister’s actions and
words over the years were an embarrassment to the Government
and his party, the NPP.”
The CPP said Mr Bartels’ handling of the Liberian refugee
crisis undermined the nation’s integrity “as a tolerant
society and the beacon of Pan-African Unity”.
“The removal of Mr. Joe Baidoo-Ansah from the Ministry of
Trade and Industry to the Ministry of Aviation is, however,
not good enough as his recent misconduct on Metro TV brought
international shame to the Government and people of Ghana.”
The CPP called for Mr Baidoo-Ansah’s dismissal to serve as a
deterrent to other public officials who may so misbehave in
public.
The statement also said the President’s frequent reshuffling
over the last seven years had not allowed for institutional
capacity building and the pursuance of government policies
to their fullest.
GNA
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