Ambulance case: Ato Forson was unfairly targeted – Bright Simons

Bright Simons, the Vice President of IMANI Africa, has reiterated that the ambulance trial involving Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, the former deputy Finance Minister and Minority Leader is a clear case of political persecution.

He also stated the trial was an attempt to undermine democratic accountability.

In an article titled “Ghana’s ambulance saga is crazier than you think,” Simons suggested that Dr Forson was unjustly singled out.

“Coming in the wake of the government’s biggest second-term crisis in the newly split parliament, the prosecution was immediately condemned by some independent analysts, myself included, as pure political persecution and an attempt to undermine democratic accountability,” he stated.

He further stated, “It was apparent then, as it is now, that the MP had been unfairly targeted, and some of us said so.”

On Tuesday, July 30, the Court of Appeal acquitted and discharged Dr Forson, thereby overturning the trial Court’s order for him to present his defence in the case.

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