Politics of Tuesday, 26 May 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comElection 2020: Don't touch any journalist - GJA president to political parties, policePresident of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr. Roland Affail MonneyCorrespondence from the Eastern RegionPresident of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Mr. Roland Affail Monney, has strongly admonished political parties to demonstrably restrain their followers from touching any journalist before, during, and after the 2020 general elections. He also called on the security agencies to spare journalists any brutalities and rather work with them collaboratively. According to the GJA President, Ghana's feat as a beacon of democracy in Africa and a reference point for press freedom must jealously be protected. The Editors' Forum, a GJA Election 2020 project, was on the theme, "No political vigilantism and electoral violence in Ghana" and it was funded by STAR-Ghana Foundation. It is 14-month project that seeks to sensitise media practitioners on contributing meaningfully on national discourse on disbanding political vigilantism and eliminating electoral violence in Ghana.

Source: GhanaWeb May 26, 2020 15:10 UTC