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Anas Aremeyaw Anas and beyond

Sun, 5 Sep 2010 Source: Mahama, Salam

The work of Anas Aremeyaw Anas(AAA) and team have been with

us for sometime now, but most of us are just catching up with it now but that

does not stop us from saying BRAVO keep it up.

The big Question is who next on AAA’s list, for me this is

the starting point for us all to consider re-thinking our bad ways; we have to

watch our backs. AAA seem to have acquire the status of Big Brother, he may be

watching us wherever we are and recording whatever we are doing. If that is not

enough to change all of us then what else will help.

Could AAA and his team have been

involved in selective, watching and recording? In the case of the cocoa

operations they qualify as” Participant” observers though they had to pretend

to be participants so as to observe. In the case of the orphanage they are non

participants.

So whatever they did could have bothered on ethical issues concerning confidentiality

or privacy, some bias may occur as AAA and team may notice what interest them

most. Note that this effect is most likely to be more pronounced since they

have to give the public an abridged version of the whole process.

We all know there is lots of risk with what he and his team are

doing and he knows that better but all the same somebody must bell this cat

when it sleeping. So I add again well DONE

But may I ask a few questions not because no one asked

before but because maybe the answer has not been clear.

Can

you use this evidences in the law court more so when the clips are edited?.What

has been the benefit so far especial in places where he was already

visited, will he be able to revisit the place again to tell us the improve?Do we

have the potential to develop thick skins as more and more this type of

recording come and no action is taken by the authority?

If we may all recall, there was voice tape issue where some police officer were

caught on

voice tape (not the cocaine tape), there after no mobile phones were allowed into

the police Head Quarters in Accra. Is it possible all

institution will begin to put similar systems in place or make it more

difficult for AAA and team. For example

will a Church leader need clearance from the ministry before going into any

SOS. It simple sense, will those place become difficult to visit.

The other issue is

who is more likely to be on AAA’s tape, most will be the down trooding?. Look

at the cocoa -operations tape, it was just the sergeants and the bob no ranks

who were caught in the act. Have we not heard over and over that those bob no

ranks who are stationed at such place have to take some returns to the Top. Are

we in position to record that?

It might be costly to carry out the AAA style activity in

high place, so we might run this just for the lower places, we will end up

punishing the

person who stole a chicken but never catch up with the person who stole several

thousands. So how do we go forward?

Salam Mahama

Columnist: Mahama, Salam