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Parliament is corrupt-Alban Bagbin

Happy FM 98.9Mhz by Happy FM 98.9Mhz
January 23, 2019
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Flagbearer hopeful of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Alban Bagbin, has revealed that parliament is corrupt.
‘’If we go by the definition that corruption is the abuse of entrusted power for private gain then parliament is corrupt’’, he said.

Speaking on Happy FM’s ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ political show, he said, ‘’if you use your official car for personal gains, that is corruption.’’

When the host of ‘Epa Hoa Daben’ political show, Kwame Afrifa Mensah, suggested that perhaps the classification of corruption in the Criminal Offences Act as a misdemeanour instead of first or second degree felonies is contributing to the ineffectiveness of the fight against corruption, Hon. Bagbin who is also the Second Deputy Speaker of Ghana’s parliament said, ‘’Ghana is a signatory to a number of treaties globally and they have different definitions for corruption and Ghana can use those. The Act cannot be blamed.’’

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He also reiterated that corruption is no longer systemic but has now become institutionalised in Ghana. He also bemoaned the obvious tolerance of corruption in the country.

However, according to the Section 239 of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960(Act 29), corruption is merely categorised as a misdemeanour and the breakdown is as follows: Among the five degrees of offences recognised in Ghana are felony, which is categorised into first and second degrees, and misdemeanour.

First-degree felonies are punishable by life imprisonment and are limited to manslaughter, rape, and mutiny, while second-degree felonies are punishable by, but not limited to, 10 years of imprisonment and include intentional and unlawful harm to persons, perjury and robbery.

Misdemeanour is punishable by various terms of imprisonment and includes offences such as assault, theft, unlawful assembly, official corruption and public nuisances.

By: Bridget Mensah

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