A former government appointee, Richmond Frimpong, has petitioned the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to investigate the President’s MCE-nominee for Ejisu Juaben, Beatrice Serwaa Derkye over an alleged bribery allegation.
According to a letter signed by the former government appointee, “the president’s nominee to the Ejisu Juaben municipal assembly met almost all the assembly members of the Municipality at Anita Hotel to seek for their support to become the next Municipal Chief Executive of the area”.
It added: “After a successful deliberation, the person in question gave each elected member 2000 cedis and government appointees 500 cedis as a form of bribe to get her confirmed on Friday 12th May, 2017”.
Below are details of the statement:
Dear sir/madam
Petition against Madam Beatrice Serwaa Derkye, the president ‘s nominee to ejisu juaben municipal assembly on a bribery scandal.
Respectfully, I Richmond frimpong, a native of Abenase in the ejisu juaben municipality, write to officially petition your highly esteemed office to launch an investigation into a bribery scandal hanging on the neck of the above named person.
On 11th of May, 2017, the president ‘s nominee to the ejisu juaben municipal assembly met almost all the assembly members of the Municipality at Anita Hotel to seek for their support to become the next Municipal Chief Executive of the area.
After a successful deliberation, the person in question gave each elected member 2000 cedis and government appointees 500 cedis as a form of bribe to get her confirmed on Friday 12th May, 2017.
On the eve of her confirmation, her driver, approached me to give me a white envelop with the inscription, Hon Richmond Frimpong (Government Appointee) containing cash but I rejected the said white envelop at the washroom of the assembly because I could not attend the said meeting at Anita hotel the previous evening.
Subsequently, I contacted a colleague government appointee Hon George Opoku Amponsah who confirmed that he took the envelope and is ready to submit the said envelope and its content as evidence.
I therefore request your office to investigate into this matter to bring an abrupt end to this seemingly uncultured behavior which is gradually gaining grounds in our contemporary politics.
The real character of a person is best known when he’s infuriated.
I hope my request would be honoured in due time before her next confirmation this week.
