The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has announced its intention to appeal against a High Court ruling that quashed its report against the former Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority (PPA), A.B. Adjei.
The Court’s decision was based on its finding that CHRAJ had violated the fair hearing rule by substituting parts of the original complaint, filed by the Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), with its own allegations. Furthermore, the Court concluded that CHRAJ had not provided A.B. Adjei with the opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses involved in the investigation before drawing their conclusions.
Speaking to journalists in Accra, Commissioner of CHRAJ, Joseph Whitall, expressed the Commission’s determination to appeal the ruling.
“I’m waiting for the written judgment, in order to study it, and take the necessary action, I have not had the judgment itself, our lawyers are waiting for the judgment on the basis of when we study the judgment, the possibility of appealing in the court of appeal is very high.”
