Chief prosecutor hits back at anti-graft watchdog
The Prosecutor General’s office has hit back at the anti-corruption watchdog for blaming it for the low conviction rate for graft cases.
22 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
The Prosecutor General’s office has hit back at the anti-corruption watchdog for blaming it for the low conviction rate for graft cases.
Public prosecutors attended to all the cases forwarded by the Anti-Corruption Commission last year, the PG office said in a statement Wednesday, adding that some cases were rejected due to procedural reasons.
“We provided the support to the extent possible by changing procedures that created some challenges for the prosecution of some cases filed by the commission,” the PG office said.
“As explained, after amending these procedures, the commission has been asked to resubmit cases that could not be prosecuted due to the previous procedures. However, so far, only a few of these cases have been resubmitted.”
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