Calls for the abolition of the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) are intensifying, with influential figures from both the government and opposition backing the demand.

The Managing Editor of The Insight Newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr in a statement posted on X on December 10, 2025, described the growing chorus as ‘remarkable,’ noting that even key legal heavyweights linked to the New Patriotic Party (NPP), such as Professor Mike Ocquaye and Sammy Okudzeto, have now joined the call.

“Who could have predicted that leading legal professionals and long-standing members of the NPP would support scrapping the OSP in 2025?” he asked.

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He argued that the central justification for creating the OSP to shield anti-corruption efforts from perceptions of presidential or governmental influence was compromised from the start.

“The law establishing the office vested the power to appoint the Special Prosecutor in the President and made complete nonsense of the insulation of the SP from perceived Presidential control,” he stated.

He further noted that the constitutional framework itself posed challenges.

“The power to prosecute is vested in only the Attorney-General by the 1992 Constitution,” he said, adding that the OSP cannot under any circumstance be deemed to be completely independent of the AG.

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Kwesi Pratt also questioned the timing of the criticisms emerging from senior national figures.

“The important question today is: why didn’t all these very prominent persons who have now found their voices speak out eight years ago?” he asked. If they had spoken out so passionately, would the OSP have been established?”

He urged a shift away from partisan debates. “Perhaps Ghana would be greatly helped if we rise above political party affiliations and focus on what works,” he stated.

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#WE TOLD YOU SO!
The calls for scraping the @ospghana Office of Special Prosecutor are growing louder and louder with very prominent citizens from both Government and opposition joining the agitation.
Who could have predicted that leading legal professionals and members of the… pic.twitter.com/I4ENjP7V5w

— Kwesi Pratt Jnr. (@kwesiprattjr) December 10, 2025