Bright Simons, Vice President of IMANI Africa, has stated that the ambulance trial involving Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, the former Deputy Finance Minister and Minority Leader, is political persecution.
He also said the trial aims to weaken democratic accountability.
In an article titled “Ghana’s ambulance saga is crazier than you think,” Simons suggested that Dr. Forson was unfairly targeted.
“Coming in the wake of the government’s biggest second-term crisis in the newly split parliament, the prosecution was immediately condemned by some independent analysts, myself included, as pure political persecution and an attempt to undermine democratic accountability,” he said.
He further stated, “It was apparent then, as it is now, that the MP had been unfairly targeted, and some of us said so.”
On Tuesday, July 30, the Court of Appeal cleared Dr. Forson of all charges, overturning the trial court’s order for him to present his defense.
