The Minority in Parliament has challenged President Professor John Evans Atta Mills to come out clearly and unambiguously about claims made by businessman Kwame Pianim that some people tried to bribe him.

They have said that there is an urgent need for both the President and the man who made the allegation, Mr. Kwame Pianim, to clear the air on this matter, since the attempted bribery cannot be left alone without full disclosure and prosecution, because an attempt to bribe a public official is also criminal.

In a statement issued on last Friday, the Minority challenged both President John Atta Mills and Mr. Kwame Pianim to furnish the public with the identities of the persons involved in the alleged attempted bribery of the President.

They also called on the President to come out with measures put in place to arrest those people since it was criminal to attempt to bribe the highest personality of the country.

“The Criminal Code, Act 29 clearly criminalizes both the giver and the taker of a bribe including attempted bribery…since the President and Mr. Pianim has both failed to report the matter to the police, then they are both culpable”.

This was contained in a statement signed by Mr. Frederick Opare Ansah, Minority Chief Whip.

The Minority further questioned why the President of the land could refuse bribe from people in the presence of a leading opposition member describing the issue as laughable and questionable.

“Would one be wrong in concluding that the episode involving an attempt to bribe a president in the presence of a frontline political opponent is either a set up or a farcical stage-managed event,” the statement said.

Source: Kwadwo Yeboah Breman- ModernGhana.com