The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is urging authorities to fully enforce the court conviction against former MASLOC Chief Executive, Madam Sedina Tamakloe Attionu.
In a statement released by Kwame Anyimadu-Antwi, Co-Chair of the party’s Constitutional and Legal Affairs Policy Committee, the NPP accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration of eroding the rule of law and the principle of equal accountability since taking office on January 7, 2025.
The party highlighted what it sees as a pattern of selective justice, alleging that state security forces are being deployed against political rivals, while corruption cases linked to government allies are being dropped or resolved on lenient terms.
The NPP also expressed worry about politically motivated prosecutions and the abrupt halt of several major graft cases carried over from the previous government.
At the heart of the matter is the conviction of the ex-MASLOC boss, who was found guilty on several charges including theft, conspiracy, deliberately causing financial loss to the state, money laundering, and violations of procurement laws. She received a 10-year prison sentence following a trial conducted in her absence and was recently extradited from the United States to Ghana to serve her term.
The NPP insisted that the conviction must be upheld, cautioning against any moves to reverse or meddle with the judgment outside the proper appeals process. It warned that weakening the sentence would create a harmful precedent for anti-corruption efforts and further damage public faith in the judicial system.
On the separate issue of legal education reform, the NPP criticized the rollout of the Legal Education Act, 2026 (Act 1170), especially the addition of a compulsory one-year “Pre-Bar Course.”
The party pointed out that the Act makes no provision for a Pre-Bar stage and instead structures legal training around the LLB degree, Law Practice Training, and the National Bar Examination. It described the Pre-Bar requirement as illegal, claiming it was introduced via administrative directive without adequate legal foundation and in violation of the Act’s transitional clauses.
The NPP also flagged shortcomings in regulatory oversight, institutional powers, and the Ghana School of Law’s readiness to handle the changes, cautioning that the current path could exacerbate the existing backlog of law graduates awaiting qualification.
The party demanded an immediate suspension of the Pre-Bar program and called on the government to carry out legal education reforms strictly in line with the law. This includes properly establishing the Council for Legal Education and Training (CLET) and enacting the required regulations.
The statement ended by emphasizing that Ghana’s justice system must operate without bias or political meddling, and that consistent, equal enforcement of the law is vital to maintaining citizens’ confidence in democratic institutions.
