2024 Elections: EC must develop effective communication strategy to fight disinformation// Mr. E SEFA-KISSI 

2024 Elections: EC must develop effective communication strategy to fight disinformation// Mr. E SEFA-KISSI

The president Law students Association, Gimpa Law School, Mr. E SEFA-KISSI has advised the Electoral Commission (EC) to prepare for tougher information environment ahead of the 2024 General Election.

He said globally, disinforma­tion was threatening democracies (elections) and urged the EC to develop effective communica­tion strategy to fight truth decay before, during and after the presidential and parliamentary elections.

E SEFA-KISSI President- Law students Association, Gimpa Law School said this in an interview with the media on the sidelines of a national seminar on disinfor­mation and democracy hosted by the Law students Association Gimpa Law School.

He described Ghana as a good example of democracy in Africa and charged the EC to work with all stakeholders to counter disinformation, because what happened in Ghana was of great importance to others beyond its borders.

He noted that disinformation campaigns were fueling the “epi­demic of unconstitutional transfer of power” in fragile democracies across the sub-region.

He said the campaigns were feeding on the dissatisfaction of burgeoning young population and geopoliti­cal competition on the continent and called for the strengthening of weak bricks of democratic construction.

Former justice for supreme court Mr. Yaw Appau, advised countries on the continent to redefine political sys­tems to protect civil and political rights while providing social and economic rights.

Justice Yaw Appau said Ghana and a few other countries on the continent were doing well on core elements of democracy-participa­tion and representation-but need­ed to do more to sustain gains

He said to sustain democracy on the continent, ECOWAS and other regional bodies must be strengthened and empowered to enforce clauses that promoted democracy.

He said those bodies were creations of sover­eign countries, hence have the power and mandate to help fix fragile democracies. He called, on Mrs Jean Mensah Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, for a framework to guide the use of social media during the elections.

He said that would reduce the threats of mis/disinformation and ensure the integrity of the process. Law students Association Gimpa Law School an inter-governmental organisation with a unique and exclusive man­date to support democracy around

He said to sustain democracy on the continent, ECOWAS and other regional bodies must be strengthened and empowered to enforce clauses that promoted democracy. He said those bodies were creations of sover­eign countries, hence have the power and mandate to help fix fragile democracies.

Story by Fada Amakye from Top radio