Former Attorney General Martin Amidu has called for full transparency in the approval of the TCS tax waiver, warning that the government must comply with constitutional obligations to the public.
He questioned why key documents relating to the waiver, including the contract, addenda and Finance Committee report, remain inaccessible.
“The main contract and addenda are not available to the public,” he noted, adding that inquiries to Parliament and relevant ministries “drew blanks.”
Amidu said such opacity undermines accountability. “When the government becomes transparent and accountable… the doubting Thomases will come to understand the impact of international relations and diplomacy on domestic agreements,” he said in an opinion peiece sighted by MyNewsGh.
Arguing that Ghanaians cannot be treated as passive observers, he stated: “Ghana is not President Mahama’s Animal Farm or fiefdom… for the government to think that We-the-People are unthinking beasts.”
He referenced his past success in the Woyome case as evidence that hidden contracts eventually come to light.
“These facts will one day be formally available,” he said, adding that he remains constitutionally obligated to defend transparency and rule of law. “The truth will out.”
