General News of Friday, 6 October 2017Source: citifmonline.comMPs poised to debate Special prosecutor BillThe Office of the Special Prosecutor is to enable government deal with issues of corruptionThe report of Parliament’s Constitutional, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee, on the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, is expected to be laid later today [Friday]. Meanwhile, Senior Law Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Raymond Atuguba, argues that Parliament does not have the powers to consider the Special Prosecutor Bill. So Parliament itself is constitutionally constrained from giving prosecutorial powers to an independent special prosecutor because Parliament cannot do that. About Special prosecutor officeThe Office of the Special Prosecutor is to enable the government deal with issues of corruption, especially among state officials. Under the Bill, an independent prosecutor will head the office and prosecute corruption offenses by state officers.

Source: GhanaWeb October 06, 2017 15:33 UTC