<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body>Aye..!<div><br></div><div>Methinks we can treat the media stance this time around, a natural reflex in response to the horrifying aftermath dating 5 years ago. The same media was variously negatively cited as playing a prominent role then. While we can criticize media for any other shortcomings, I suppose we can applaud their huge role in preaching peace run-up, through, and after this campaign. Perhaps they overdid it, and did not strike a balance between keeping the peace, and objective reporting. Am least qualified to judge.</div><div><br></div><div>Having said that, at times I really marvel at how fast we forget critical issues on this list. In fact they literally slip through our fingers. Just last week we agreed to do a post audit of the failed technology process of this election. Are we still going to seek some answers to understand and possibly remedy what happened..?</div><div><br></div><div>Bwana Ps, where do we start...?</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, lets entrust the legal framework to deal with the other aspects arising, that are beyond us..</div><div><br></div><div>Just me,</div><div><br></div><div>Harry</div><br>Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.ca> wrote:<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> March 11, 2013 5:18 PM<br>
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This boils down to the role of the media in a democratic society. Is it to abet the erosion of rights or to promote transparency and the expression of the popular will of the people? i see people on this forum trying to tweak the responsbiility of the media
to their selfish interests - peace, investment and other pr concerns. those whose rights have been trampled by a fraudulent election are portrayed as a distraction in the grinding mill of our oh-so-good democracy and pretended peace. their protests are being
pooh-poohed as anti-peace. i would rather not be part of this peace and tranquility bandwagon and stare the hard facts in the face. i would rather opt for the painful truth and justice path. it is the route to long lasting peace and democracy. it is the rationalisation
of injustice and wrongdoing that breeds dictatorship and oppression. we must decline the popular excuses at every election that we are young and maturing, that in the interest of peace, we gloss over our failures and move on. this time, let us get it right.
there should be no violence, but neither should threats of incitement be used against those who pursue their rights or the truth.
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the media has an obligation not just to give voice to those who are aggrieved but to go out on a limb to establish the veracity of their grievances. they cannot abdicate that responsibility as they have so far done on the pretext of keeping the peace. a sleeping
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were conducted, how the media gave the citizens the space to air views even when things did not work including during the challenging of the elections. You know and can attest to the fact that Ghanaians are NOT the lot to silence (your Nigerian brothers are
even more vocal). Ghanaians speak their minds and air their views freely. A Ghanaian once told me “when it comes to politics, every Ghanaian is a political analyst; when it comes to football, every Ghanaian is a football commentator”…you can’t silence them.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the average Wananchi is awesome. I saw first hand the level of investment that went into this election by government, media, parties etc and by all means those investments must pay off -- democracy is an expensive enterprise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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invested in biometrics for our last elections and it did not work out well but we scored above board and Kenya has done same, raising the bar. Offcourse we need to do introspection and better the processes and systems for the future, starting now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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opinions or liberally reflect on the going ons. You were promptly slapped with the "peace call” which immediately silenced you! Why should I feel silenced by “a call for peace”? Our national anthem talks of “peace and liberty”, what happened to “liberty”
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