A government of the Convention People’s Party (CPP) will decriminalise media practice and journalism by reviewing laws of libel, sedition and defamation, which obstruct the right of free expression.
“Existing legislation, which unduly limits access to public information, would be reviewed to create an enabling atmosphere for the effective and efficient functioning of the media.”
The CPP’s position is contained in a 29-page manifesto launched by the party for the December elections.
It addresses the economy, agriculture, industry, science and technology, minerals and natural resources, tourism, energy, labour and employment, local government and rural development and health, among others.
The party said its policy on African unity would be to strive for an overall economic planning on a united continental basis with the view to increasing the industrial and economic power of the continent to raise the quality of life of the masses.
A CPP government, it said, would strive for the creation of a joint military command and the adoption of a common foreign policy to give political direction to continental defence as well as economic and industrial development planning.
The party stressed that its commitment to the political, economic and social integration of Africa is irrevocable and it is ready to sacrifice part or all of Ghana’s sovereignty for the greater goal of establishing a United States of Africa.
The defence policy of the CPP government, it said, shall be based on the fundamental role of the security forces in national defence and the maintenance of law and order.
The manifesto said a CPP government shall adequately equip the police force and modernise the armed forces and other security agencies to make them effective and ready at all times.
