The minority in Parliament has described the freeing of eight members of pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force as an affront to the rule of law and the judiciary.
Addressing journalists in a press conference on Wednesday, Minority leader in Parliament, Haruna Iddrisu, said the Nana Akufo-Addo led government is immensely involving itself in the activities of the court to undermine the rule of law and the independent of the judiciary.
The Attorney General (AG) today dropped the case against  eight members of the vigilante group, Delta Force, accused of aiding the escape from lawful custody of some 13 Delta Force members standing trial, at the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) Circuit Court.
The minority in parliament stressed the AG did not act in the spirit of the law on the exercise of discretionary powers, quoting to support their position, article 296(b) of the 1992 constitution of Ghana which reads “(b) the exercise of the discretionary power shall not be arbitrary, capricious or biased wither by resentment, prejudice or personal dislike and shall be in accordance with due process of lawâ€.
Haruna Iddrisu maintained the AGs decision is “an unfair interference in the judicial process and total disrespect to the judicial organ of state" and demanded re-arrest of the Delta 8 for justice to take it rightful place in Ghana's democracy.
“We demand therefore, that the cancerous discretion that has just been exercised will be reversed immediately and the accused re-arrested and re-arraigned before court, we do so demand that justice must be done and justice must be secured and justice must be seen being doneâ€
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