Inter-Party Dialogue Committee calls for media support

Volta Region’s Inter-party Dialogue Committee has called for media support and co-operation in preparing the ground for peaceful political activities and conduct of peaceful elections in December.

Mr. Joseph Nuertey, Volta Regional Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), who chairs the Committee made the appeal at a meeting between the Committee and media representatives in Ho.

He said the Committee could not do much without the support and co-operation of the media.

Mr. P.P. Apaabey Baba, Acting Volta Regional Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) that convened the meeting, said much sacrifice was required from all stakeholders in mobilizing resources in support of the Committee’s work.

He said the Committee intended to hold radio discussions, public forums and drama among others to carry its message of peaceful political activities and elections to the populace.

Mr. Baba said District Inter-Party Dialogue Committees had been asked to draw action plans for incorporation into a regional plan of action.

Monsignor Anthony Kornu, Chairman of the Committee for Enforcing Political Parties Code of Conduct in the Volta Region, urged the media to help moderate the conduct of political activities in the region.

He appealed to hosts of political discourses on radio to moderate the language used by their guests and those who phone in.

“Words are like bullets which cannot be gathered once they are fired”, he said.**