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The Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Godfred Dame, has justified the words he used to describe the ruling by the Court of Appeal.
During an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosiisen program, Godfred Dame clarified that his remarks were not meant to offend and had been misunderstood.
He believed that the words were acceptable in court, indicating that the debate over his remarks was unnecessary.
“These are words that are allowed in the court of law. They are not insults in the manner that they have always sought to use against, when I say they, I mean the lawyers for the accused persons. You heard even the kind of words that they use on me. Not a single word which is not permissible in a court of law was used in my press release.
“I said that number one, it’s ‘grossly unfair.’ Is grossly unfair a wrong word to use or a wrong expression to use? It is not the phrase grossly unfair. I meant to only say that it’s very unfair and nothing wrong with that.
“When I say it’s inimical to the fight against public accountability or fight against impunity, I am saying that it militates against the effort to stamp out impunity in the public service. And when I say so, what I mean is that the essence of causing financial loss offence is to prevent public officers from abusing their discretion unnecessarily.
“It’s to prevent public officers from acting recklessly or negligently. If you act recklessly in public service, that’s impunity because indeed, you are supposed to safeguard the public interest and public purse…” he explained.
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