The Minority Chief Whip in Parliament, Mr. Fredrick Opare-Ansah says the Committee for Joint Action should first ask the president to prosecute Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni. He said if the political pressure group honestly wishes to fight corruption by putting pressure on the president to prosecute perceived corrupt former government officials, it ought not to ignore the case of the Foreign Minister. “We have a sitting minister of state who has been indicted by an auditor-general’s report, why haven’t they been calling for the president to start from there? “At least he is within the eyes of the president daily, he is within easy reach,…he is a Ghanaian, whatever malfeasance his being accused of came from the coffers of the consolidated fund, so why are they busy chasing after NPP functionaries?” he asked. A leading member of the CJA, Mr. Kwesi Pratt within the week complained that the president was taking too long to press charges of corruption against former government appointees. He said while the president campaigned and won elections on the promise to uphold accountability, probity and integrity, he had yet to take any action five months into office. “President Mills won this election with a promise to uphold the principles of accountability, probity and integrity. Five months have passed and we are waiting…, probity, accountability and integrity, we want to see. “He has to behave like Jesus Christ and crack the whip, crack that damned whip,” Mr. Pratt charged. The General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah also called on the president to cause the arrest and prosecution of the former Speaker of Parliament Begyina Sekyi-Hughes for ‘stealing’ furnishings from his official residence. But speaking on Joy FM’s Current Affiars Programme, Front Paga, Mr. Opare-Ansah said the calls were misdirected. He said the NPP joins Mr Pratt and Asiedu Nketiah in making the calls on President Mills to prosecute corrupt public office holders, “but in joining them…, the president has to start with the Foreign Minister… he should deal with all of them.” The former Deputy Communications Minister expressed regret that the government was distracting from discussions on essential issues. According to him, the government played up issues on vehicles, bungalows and the former speaker, in its bid to deflect pressure on it to deliver on its election promises anytime issues come up. Story by Malik Abass Daabu/Myjoyonline.com