Report politicians who make violent comments – Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso to media houses

The Dean of Academic Affairs at the Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GAFCSC), Dr Vladimir Antwi-Danso, has advised media houses to report politician and stakeholders who make utterances that threatens the stability of the country as some comments against the state are prosecutable.

He said, individuals or politicians who make such utterances do not have the interest of the nation at heart and must therefore be condemned and handed over to the right institutions to be dealt with accordingly.

“Those utterances that divide the nation, insult the sensibility of Ghanaians, threatens the stability of the country from both sides of the divide, and those utterances that clearly indicate that some of the politicians don’t have the nation at heart. Both sides are just talking things that should not be spoken, it doesn’t build the nation. It doesn’t give us anything.”

His comments are on the back of statements by some members of the two major leading parties threatening chaos during the expected voters’ registration exercise.

The Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen is reported to have warned that anyone who attempts to disrupt the upcoming compilation of the new Voter’s register would be beaten mercilessly.

In response, the Youth Wing of the NDC in the Bono Region through a Facebook live broadcast, alerted Nana Obiri Boahen to ready himself for serious and merciless beatings of his life if the upcoming elections turn chaotic.

Speaking to this development, Dr Antwi-Danso in an interview with GhanaWeb, advised the media to sanitize their media houses by not promoting reckless comment made on their platforms.

“The laws of the nation must work. Some of the comments against the state or president are prosecutable. There must be sanity in the media. Journalists can’t be blamed for such comments but how you go about it is important. Set the agenda, condemn the comments, and call on the IGP, police so that the next time they are speaking they will be circumspect. Publish and shame them.”

He added that “a good politician is one that puts the interest of the nation rather than talking by heart just for power. He advised media houses to sanitize their media houses by not promoting reckless comment made on their platforms.”