The New Patriotic Party has asked President Mills to stop his ‘angry harangues and exhortations’ and to stand up to the challenge of dealing with corruption in the country because the buck stops with him. And the party feels scandalised by the president and his government’s reactions since the latest work by investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas of the New Crusading Guide newspaper which details corrupt practices at the Tema Harbour. The NPP at a press conference Monday morning said President Mills had apparently been aware of the daily happenings at the Tema Port but had failed to take action, only to turn round and pretend to wait for some further evidence before acting. ‘The President says that “every day we hear of reports of bribe taking....” and that people go to work at customs and within “three years” are putting up “buildings”. ‘Ladies and gentlemen, so it is obvious that the President knows all about the daily happenings at the Tema Port. It is therefore most curious that the President would say that he was waiting for the Anas’ video before he would act?’ MP for Okaikoi South and newly appointed Communication Director of the NPP and its 2012 campaign office, Nana Akomea, who addressed the press conference said the president will do well to move from exhortations to action. “And as for officials putting up houses within 3 years, we would like to bring to the President’s attention that there are also several reports of political appointees in his government putting up houses within 2 years which have not been investigated. Do political appointees earn enough to put up houses in 2 years as is being reported?” “For exasperation, the President asks the question “who watches the watchman”? “It is our humble view that the chief watchman is the President. He has the executive mandate. It will be recalled that in 2002 the Kufuor administration implemented the GCNET system to replace the old system that had been in place and was bereft with corruption. By 2005, the then government further implemented the computerised vehicle clearing system that sought to cut down on the human handling of the process and thereby curb corruption. “The buck stops with him, and he must act now. The reaction so far is as if whenever any new video evidence emerges from Mr Anas, the government feels compelled to make some exhortations and shortly after recoils and goes back to sleep until it is awoken by another Anas exposure.” The NPP said the president’s reaction gives the definite impression that the government is not committed to fighting any abuses in the system. While the NPP commended Anas for his work and recommended him for national honour, it said it would introduce a policy for a crack team of undercover investigators which would make the kind of investigative work being commendably undertaken by Mr Anas, a core aspect of the work of public institutions being mandated to fight corruption in public places. Story by Myjoyonline.com/Ghana