The Minority leader of Parliament Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson is standing trial together with the 3rd accused, for willfully causing financial loss to the state and deliberately misapplying state property.

The state says it lost some €2.37 million for nothing more than defective sprinter buses.

Today’s cross examination will provide Prosecution with a 4th window of opportunity to inquire into the processes leading up to the purchase of the ambulances from the businessman.

Myjoyonline’s photojournalist, David Andoh is present at the proceedings and captured these photos.

This follows statements from the third accused in the ambulance purchase trial, Richard Jakpa that the Attorney-General had previously approached him to build a case against Ato Forson.

“The A-G has on several occasions engaged me at odd hours to help him make a case against A1 and I have evidence for that. If he pushes me, I will open the Pandora’s box. I don’t understand why the A-G will accuse me of defending A1 when I’m here to defend myself. If he pushes me, I’ll open the Pandora’s box. I have evidence to all this,” Mr Jakpa said in court.

The NDC expressed deep concern over what it perceives as persecution against Minority Leader in Parliament Ato Forson.

In the press release signed by Chairman Johnson Asiedu Nketiah on May 23, the party said this incident confirms their long-held suspicions about the Attorney-General’s and the government’s tactics.

“The NDC is deeply scandalised by this clear case of persecution against the Leader of the party’s Caucus in Parliament who has been at the forefront of our struggle against the misrule of the oppressive and despotic Akufo-Addo/Bawumia NPP regime,” the statement said.

The NDC criticized the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration, accusing it of undermining the integrity of the judicial process to unjustly target political opponents.

“It further shows the desperate lengths the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia NPP government will go to manipulate judicial processes to unjustly victimise political opponents for cheap political goal-scoring.”

Mr. Nketia also said the Attorney-General lacks integrity and perverts the course of justice.

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