The Chronicle says that the former deputy Western Regional Minister and MP for Bibiani, Seidu Paakuna Adamu, has attributed the defeat of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the December general elections to the antagonistic attitude it adopted towards some of the media houses in the country thus making it impossible for them to carry their messages to the public.
He said the NDC, as a party, has now realised that the adoption of such hostile attitude towards a section of the press would no more be in the best interest of the party, therefore they have decided to forge a closer link with all press houses in the country to enable them put their programmes across to the people.
Seidu Adamu, who was addressing executive members of the party in the Takoradi constituency last Monday, said in view of this, NDC party will now support the NPP government for the repeal of the criminal libel law from the statute books because they (journalists) have now come of age and therefore need to be given a free hand to operate.
He noted that the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has also come out with code of ethics to guide the operations of their members, whilst the Media Commission is also playing its constitutional role of checking the excesses of the media.
"It would, therefore be wrong for any one or group of people to argue that the criminal libel law should be retained in our statute books.," he said.
