The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has admonished politicians to refrain from assaulting journalists as the 2024 elections approach.
The GJA has observed that politicians frequently exploit the forbearance of journalists, subjecting them to various forms of assault when the political climate becomes heated.
During his speech at the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference in Accra on Wednesday, Albert Dwumfour, the President of GJA, warned politicians about the repercussions of assaulting journalists.
He emphasised that any such incidents occurring before, during, or after the 2024 elections would not be taken lightly.
“As Barack Obama said, we need strong institutions, not strong individuals. We are going to do that also, I have always cautioned and always said, recently, we’ve realised that the GJA and the other media block have formed an alliance called the media coalition and we have started cautioning and exposing, unprofessional and unethical behaviour in the media among our members.
“Let me take the opportunity to once again caution politicians, groups who have the tendency of attacking journalists that in this election if you don’t have the temperature or commitment to accommodate journalists you stay away from us because if you come to us with hostility, we welcome you with hostility,” he stated.
