Brutal and disrespectful journalists: the NDC fort, not Akufo-Addo's – Sammi Awuku | Policy

Sammy Awuku, the national organizer of the new ruling Patriotic Party, said that he believed that the Akufo-Addo government was conspiring in a big conspiracy regarding the alleged torture of Emmanuel Ajarfor Abugri, Deputy Editor of ModernGhana.

Mr. Awuku failed to name names, but he explained, "The crime, I suppose, is that there seems to be a deliberate attempt to discredit this government because it is not favorable to the media, but the antecedent of the NPP and our background would tell you that who went to the improvement of the rights of journalists was fought [for], approved and we make sure to defend it as part of a NPP administration. "

Mr. Awuku has made these statements during an interview with Clbad News during a tour of the Northern Region on Thursday, July 4, 2019, to monitor the ongoing limited exercise in the area. voter registration.

In his opinion, someone, somewhere, deliberately attempts to paint a picture of government intolerance. "That the government gaggles the freedom of speech in the country."

The organizer of the nuclear power plant said that the well-being of journalists and media has always improved under a government led by the nuclear power plant.

"It will not be under President Akufo-Addo that journalists will be tortured and, therefore, I want to strongly defend that I suspect a criminal act, I want us all to question the issue in more detail."

"Under NDC, they carried journalists in dump trucks to cover national events; you have seen what we are doing. Journalists, even when they move in a presidential convoy within the regions, are kept in vehicles that could easily collapse on the road, but this does not happen under Akufo-Addo; it brings you and ensures that journalists feel comfortable, just as the president is in his vehicle, they are treated with the same respect. We make no distinction, whether with the opposition media or the government, they all have the opportunity to travel with the president abroad, "said Awuku.

Mr. Awuku described the alleged torture as unfortunate, but said that it could not be compared to the bizarre conditions of the media at the time of the opposition, when journalists were treated with a lack of respect, beaten wildly and their gadgets broken.

He however noted that the call of civil society organizations to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to intervene in the case was not inappropriate.

The government can not ignore the voices of civil society organizations, as they also reinforce the checks and balances of the system, Awuku said.