Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, the Interior Minister, has raised concerns over the unnecessary remand, terrible bail conditions by the police and the courts.
The Interior Minister asserted that the Police remand people anyhow, adding that the court also gives terrible bail conditions that people are not able to meet.
He disclosed that his ministry has been working with the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dr Dominic Ayine, on the constitutional amendment.
Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak asserted that the passage of the Community Service Bill would help address the challenge, reduce overreliance on remand, and ease congestion in prisons and police cells.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Thursday, May 28, Muntaka stated, “I’ve been working with the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Dr. Dominic Ayine, on the constitutional amendment that is currently ongoing, that we should make remand very restrictive because currently it is massively abused.
With the least provocation, they say they’ve remanded somebody. You go to the police, and they remand people anyhow,” he said.
He added: “Sometimes they give terrible bail conditions that people are not able to meet. We want to take the opportunity in this constitutional amendment to restrict this unnecessary remand. I’m sure that if we’re able to get these three things working together, it is going to help us to decongest our prisons and also ourselves and make life a little better.”
Also, Haruna Iddrisu, the Minister of Education, has fired shots at the Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO), the Judiciary, and the Police over their burdensome bail conditions and denials.
According to Haruna Iddrisu, the highhandedness and excessive practices surrounding bail, its denial, and its conditions must come to an end.
He argued that the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
Speaking in a video shared on X, Haruna Iddrrisu stated, “In Ghana today, we have seen excesses, excesses from the police, excesses from the courts, and excesses from EOCO, where persons are denied bail and bail is used as punishment for accused persons.
“That is not the law. It is settled knowledge and settled law that you do not deny an accused person bail or impose excessively burdensome bail conditions,” he said.
“If you uphold the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence, then every person must be presumed innocent until proven guilty.
“So, I expect that in Ghana today, we must end the high-handedness and excessiveness in matters relating to bail, the denial of bail, and related conditions,” he added.
In related news, Sam Pyne, a Former Ashanti Regional Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Kumasi Mayor, has warned the NDC-led government over their excessive bail conditions in recent corruption-related cases.
According to Sam Pyne, if such trends continue, the next NPP government might as well launch a One District, One EOCO Office initiative.
He further warned that when the NPP comes to power, the NDC appointees will have to bring the crucified Christ on the cross as their bail conditions.
Mr Pyne urged State authorities to be measured and fair in everything as they pursue justice.
He warned that excessive bail terms could erode public confidence in the legal process.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen on Tuesday, Sam Pyne stated, “With what is happening now, maybe when NPP comes into power, we’ll build EOCO offices in every district, office by office, department by department. The bail condition unless they bring the crucified Christ on the cross before they will be allowed to go”.
He further expressed worry about the over GH¢800 million bail imposed on the former NSA boss, whom he described as his own brother.
“Imagine my own brother Osei Assibey’s GH¢800 million bail and six sureties to be justified. That is a lot. We may laugh about it, but it is no joke,” he moaned.
Mr Pyne explained that bail conditions should not be too punitive.
“I believe bail conditions shouldn’t be punitive because we can even take people’s passports. There’s no way someone can travel with a passport or even apply for a new one without their biometric data showing up,” Mr Pyne explained.
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