'Attorney General's place is in the court' - Afenyo-Markin descends on Ayine, Srem Sai

The Minority Leader of Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has slammed the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Dr Dominic Akuritinga Ayine, and his deputy, Dr Justice Srem Sai, over their public pronouncements on criminal cases they are prosecuting.

Speaking in an interview on JoyNews on Monday, November 27, 2025, Afenyo-Markin claimed that the Attorney General has resorted to PR gimmicks to win favour for his government.

He asserted that the Attorney General should be going to court to prosecute the cases he is handling against officials of the erstwhile Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government and refrain from the press conferences he has been holding.

“When they are hot, they only come and then announce a so-called corruption they are investigating somewhere. That's their playbook. Now, anytime the government is under pressure, the Attorney General would do a press conference. The Attorney General’s place is in the court.

“My respected friend, the MP, who is the Attorney General, and his deputy, I want them to know that their place is in the court,” he said.

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Afenyo-Markin, who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Effutu, debunked the assertion that the media engagements by the Attorney General are to ensure accountability in the state’s prosecutions.

The Minority Leader also claimed that the Attorney General has resorted to PR gimmicks because, perhaps, he is waiting for the appointment of the Acting Chief Justice, Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, as the substantive Chief Justice.

“Perhaps, they are waiting for Baffoe-Bonnie to become Chief Justice, so that they control the court, which I wonder how they are going to achieve… Well, they've said so; at least we hear them saying that they want their CJ, and then they can have their preferred judges. That's what they are saying. But we wait to see. We wait to see.

“That is why they prefer to be in the media to talk about people's guilt, but it is not in their place to pronounce guilt. The rule of law requires that you go to court and make your case,” he reiterated.

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