The man who petitioned the President over alleged abuse of office by the CHRAJ Commissioner is demanding her suspension, following the establishment of a case of abuse of office by the Chief Justice.
This, according to Mr. Richard Nyamah, will foil any attempts Commissioner Lauretta Vivian Lamptey may make in order to interfere with investigations into the allegations of misconduct and abuse of office against her.
The Commissioner of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is being investigated for paying close to $5,000 monthly rent on her plush AU Village apartment for 33 months while over GHS180, 000 was being spent to renovate her official bungalow.
The Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood initiated the investigations to ascertain the claim of abuse of office by Mr. Nyamah of the Progressive Nationalists Forum (PNF).
The Chief Justice, acting on a petition filed by Mr. Nyamah, commissioned the investigations after establishing a prima facie case against Ms Lamptey.
Mr. Nyamah petitioned President John Dramani, demanding the removal of Ms. Lamptey as CHRAJ Commissioner.
Justice Georgina Wood established a prima facie case against the Commissioner after studying the petition forwarded to her by President John Mahama.
Speaking on the Super Morning Show on Joy FM, Thursday, December 4, 2014, Samson Lardy Anyenini, counsel for Mr. Nyamah, said Ms. Lamptey’s continuous stay in office could compromise the process.
He said the President Mahama must now act upon the separate petition his client submitted to him seeking the suspension of Ms. Lamptey.
“Particularly because, he feels that if she still continues to superintend over matters in that outfit, persons within that outfit who may be required by him [Nyamah] to give testimonies in the course of the investigations or produce documents that may be useful to his case, may be compromised”.
The Chief Justice is expected to constitute a panel to begin full investigations into the complaints against the Commissioner.
“The onus will be on her [Lamptey]…to now throw away that particular first impression made about the petition,” lawyer Anyenini told Show host Kojo Yankson.
The panel is expected to hear testimonies in camera.
