By Mohammed Awal
THE woes of Ms. Lauretta Vivian Lamptey, Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), who reportedly spent over GH¢203,000 on rent for a period of three years, are far from over.
The Progressive Nationalist Forum (PNF) is threatening to haul her before her own outfit if she fails to resign from her current job as Commissioner.
The PNF, in a statement signed by Richard Nyamah and Fred Amankawh-Sarfo, questioned the competence, as well as the commitment of Ms. Lauretta to fight corruption, as she is being cited for one.
Over the past three years, the PNF stated, Ms. Lauretta has been a “drain on the public purse,” as she watched aloof for issues of “high levels of corruption, hitherto unknown to Ghana,” to elude her sight.
According to the PNF, not a single high profile case of public interest has been heard by Lauretta’s administration, compared to Emile Short’s reign, saying this is “mind boggling.”
The PNF further noted that the purported scandal that has rocked her administration is the latest institutional head to be enmeshed in such allegations of reckless misapplication of the tax payers’ money.
The Commissioner, according to media reports, currently stays at Best Western Premier Hotel, where the tax payer is being billed $450 daily on accommodation.
“The PNF is humbly requesting Ms. Lamptey to resign her post as Commissioner of CHRAJ, or the President should dismiss her with immediate effect.
“Failure on her part to resign, and should the President fail to fire her, the PNF will bring a case of conflict of interest against Ms. Lamptey before the Commission in the next seven days, and see if she will seek to be a judge in her own court,” the PNF threatened.
Sinking CHRAJ
Meanwhile, her predecessor, Justice Emile Short, has lamented over how fast the Commission’s reputation is sinking under the auspices of his successor, Ms. Lamptey, who is being embroiled in profligacy.
Speaking on Citi Eye Witness News on Tuesday, Justice Short said he had received negative reports from within and without CHRAJ about the soaring state of affairs in the Commission. However, he was reluctant to say a word, as he feared to be misconstrued.
“I have had negative reports from within and outside CHRAJ about the state of affairs in CHRAJ. I have been very reluctant to speak publicly about these reports, because any comment I make might be misconstrued, especially, since I was there before,” he stated.
Such disconcerting reports depict CHRAJ as “rather sinking in nature,” hence, the call for a drastic measures to be adopted by the Commission to redeem its image that has come under public ridicule.
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