Peter Mac Manu, a former National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), has added his voice to the need to abate misinformation and disinformation going into the December elections.
He has advised the political class to treat each other with decorum, describing the December 07 exercise as a contest of ideas which can be done without speaking ill against each other .
Speaking at the launch of TV3 and 3FM’s Election Command Centre Thursday, August 29, 2024, he prayed the political class to send their messages across for the electorates to decide instead of engaging in acts that will mar the sanity of the State.
“We should avoid misinformation and disinformation and let us treat each other, whether we are in the same party or different party with civility and decorum. It’s a contest of ideas. Put your ideas across, ultimately, the voter which is the heartbeat of any elections, will decide,” he stated.
Mr. Mac Manu says Ghana cannot go into the polls with acts of violence that will threaten the peace of the country.
He has therefore appealed to the citizenry not to indulge in hate speech since it possesses the tendency to plunge the nation into chaos.
“We have 100 days to election. Election needs peace. We cannot go into an election in any manner of violence that will threaten the stability of this nation. So, I’ll like to call on all of us Ghanaians to stop hate speech. Hate speech is dangerous especially during elections and it has brought many countries in Africa into wars. We should avoid that,” he added.
Meanwhile, the Electoral Commission has assured Ghanaians that it is going to get it right again this December.
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