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When the Ministry of Information was contacted, he confirmed the petition dated March 13, 2019, addressed to DGN Online.
Minister of Information Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, who addressed the media on March 8, 2019 to reject the claims presented in the documentary, signed the seven-page petition.
The petition was addressed to NMC President Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh
The petition read as follows: "The Government of Ghana files this complaint under Section 167 (b) of the Constitution and Section 2 (1) (b) of the National Media Commission Act, 1993. (Law No. 449) and invites you to the publication, subject of the complaint ".
Basis of the petition
Joy News and Manbadeh Azure indicated in the documentary that the De-Eye group was a militia organization linked to the ruling party, the new Patriotic Party (NPP), in power, and that the group was dragging its members to the castle. Osu, a "safe zone".
Why the petition?
However, in the petition available to Daily Guide, the government explained that "a careful examination of the contents of the disputed publication reveals that the first six (6) minutes, twenty (20) seconds of the documentary are devoted to subjects completely disconnected from the announced subject. question of the documentary. "
According to them, "they have largely shown images of the violence that witnessed the recent by-election of Ayawaso West Wuogon, which is the subject of investigation by an investigating commission. created under Article 278 of the Constitution (the Emile Short Commission). ). "
According to the government's request, "Manbadeh Azure's and Multimedia's attempt to describe the company as implicated in the perpetration of the acts observed during the first six minutes and twenty seconds of the documentary, or to expose the mischief with which the documentary was linked to the reputation of a media house that prides itself on being independent and guided by the ethics of the media profession ".
In addition, the government pointed out in the petition: "We complain about this because the substance of the story denounced lies in various essential essentials, quite wrong, as the product of a false statement of facts, of frantic speculation, of the producer of the aforementioned documentary. , and even betray a desperate attempt by Multimedia and Manbadeh Awuni Azure to denigrate the sincere efforts of the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to put an end to the worrying phenomenon of political vigilance in the country. "
He explained that the documentary "deliberately failed to mention the material fact that the secretariat of the National Security Council had closed the alleged office of the company since October 2018. Indeed, at the date of publication of the documentary in March 2019, no activity of any kind whatsoever by the company at the castle. At the time of the broadcast of the documentary, the multimedia had played to give the public the false impression that such an activity was going on in the premises of Osu Castle. The evil at the time of the broadcast was to blur the cards while the president was taking steps to clean up the political environment of any act of "vigilance".
Trade shows
The government has submitted six exhibits to the NMC in support of the petition.
Exhibits included: ME 1, Joynews full documentary; ME 2, Joynews Promo; ME 3, BBC Story; ME 4, Myjoyonline Story; ME 5, statement of the museum; and ME 6, interview TV 3.
Wanted reliefs
Government by petition, asks for three relief measures which, according to Daily Guide, comply with Article 15 of Law 449.
Among the reliefs, there is a statement that the disputed documentary by Mr. Azure and Joynews is misleading and constitutes a dishonest and deliberate statement of fact and is designed to cause unjustified public apprehension, alarm and panic.
Secondly, the government wants an order against Mr. Azure and Joynews, for it to retract and apologize to the state for the content of said documentary.
Finally, he wishes that any other disciplinary measure can be taken by the CNG.
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