Former Chairman of Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) James Klutse Avedzi has criticised the mere recovery of stolen public funds from corrupt officials without further consequences.
According to him, allowing offenders to simply refund misappropriated money without facing punishment sets a dangerous precedent that encourages corruption.
“The recovery of the money is good. It’s okay. We should do that,” the current Director General of the Securities and Exchanges Commission acknowledged in an interview on Joy News’ PM Express Business Edition last Thursday.
“But that should not mean that we are focusing only on the recovery of the money and leaving the punishment part.”
Source – Joy News
