Does The Prez Expect Us To Address Our Grievances At His Cabinet Meeting? Bernard Mornah Quizzes

Bernard Mornah, General Secretary of the People's National Convention (PNC), has called on socio-economic and political commentators to measure their words when criticizing the government. He said this in relation to President John Dramani Mahama's directive to his critics to help him build a better Ghana and desist from using the radio to attack his administration. Delivering a speech at the 120th celebration of the Catholic Archdiocese in Accra, President Mahama implored his critics to stop ranting on radio and asked them not to "vent their frustration" through such medium. Speaking on Oman FM, the PNC General Secretary admonished his colleague public analysts to choose their words carefully when addressing their concerns using the media. “In talking, let’s measure the language that we put across.” He also advised the President not to suppress their freedom of speech since it is stipulated in the constitution of the nation. According to him, President Mahama's critics have the right to talk and they cannot stay away from the media since that's the appropriate platform to convey their concerns to the Presidency. “If we don’t talk and if we don’t express our minds through the media, newspaper and television; can we then go to the Presidency and sit together with him during cabinet meeting to address our concerns? “If we didn’t talk about it, how could the government get the information? How could the government get information? That, issues confronting the nation that every person believes would not help the country, how will it come about?” Bernard Mornah appealed to President Mahama to note that such media cannot be scrapped by his critics.

Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana