My prosecution was a frivolous attempt to intimidate me – Ato Forson

The Minority Leader, Cassiel Ato Forson, has strongly condemned his recent prosecution, calling it a calculated and baseless attempt to silence his dissenting voice and intimidate him into submission.

Ato Forson, a vocal critic of the government’s economic policies, described the charges against him related to an ambulance procurement deal as unfounded and politically motivated, aimed at advancing partisan interests.

He accused the Attorney General, Godfred Yeboah Dame, of leading a campaign of “malicious prosecution” designed to damage his reputation and weaken his influence as a prominent opposition figure challenging corruption.

Speaking on the Floor of Parliament on Monday, January 6, Ato Forson detailed what he believes are politically-driven charges meant to suppress his opposition to the government’s economic strategies.

He also highlighted the timing of the prosecution, which coincided with contentious debates over the government’s controversial e-levy policy. Ato Forson argued that his vocal stance against the e-levy made him a target for political retribution.

“My recent prosecution, or call it persecution, by the Attorney General over frivolous and trumped-up charges was calculated to intimidate and silence and completely extinguish a known dissenting voice, and my crime was that I sounded alarm bells on an economy that was being mismanaged and ruined by a select few in government.

“The fact that my prosecution began in the wake of the tussle over e-levy should not be lost on anyone that I became an instant target of the regime.

“The Attorney General and the minister responsible for justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, was determined to implore all crude tactics to achieve his ends of malicious prosecution just to satisfy the regime.”