Amidu: 'Corrupt MPs' video, 'blackmail' weapon for Mahama

An investigative video about corruption in Parliament provides President John Mahama a ransom-holding trump card with which he could blackmail Parliament to do his bidding, former Attorney General Martin Amidu has said.

According to the anti-corruption campaigner, the alleged selective screening of the video to the President and some members of the Executive arm of Government gives Mr Mahama a weapon with which he could puppet the MPs and get them to be at his beck and call.

Mr Amidu said apart from investigative Journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas’ judicial corruption video, which captured 34 judges receiving bribes to pervert justice; he (Anas) also has a similar investigative video of MPs engaging in corruption. But that video, he alleges, is being suppressed by the Executive, some of whom he maintains have watched it.

“If you say that judges have done this, and you are showing it to the whole world, why hide the other one? Why go and let the Executive [see it]; [and] show it to them?” he asked in an interview on Joy FM’s news analysis programme ‘newsfile’ on Saturday.

“It’s going to weaken our Parliament,” he said, explaining: “Because now the President is holding a blackmail (sic) over them; they know what he has against them…” he said.

“My problem is the secrecy of dealing with Parliament and shutting it up; and yet bringing the judicial thing and showing it to the whole world… and I’m saying he [Anas] has done that, which is compromising his integrity as an anti-corruption crusader…” Mr Amidu added.