{"id":447308,"date":"2017-12-15T06:30:36","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T06:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/i-wont-apologise-biased-media-misquoted-me-amaliba\/"},"modified":"2017-12-15T06:30:36","modified_gmt":"2017-12-15T06:30:36","slug":"i-wont-apologise-biased-media-misquoted-me-amaliba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/15\/i-wont-apologise-biased-media-misquoted-me-amaliba\/","title":{"rendered":"I won\u2019t apologise, biased media misquoted me &#8211; Amaliba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Friday, 15 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>abusuafmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-15<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/12616924.295.jpg\" alt=\"Amaliba Newest\" title=\"Amaliba Newest\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Abraham Amaliba, Legal practitioner<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513319436_704_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Embattled member of the legal team of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, is accusing the \u2018biased\u2019 media of twisting his recent comments regarding attempts to impeach Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte by some petitioners.<\/p>\n<p>Amaliba in an interview says he did not say Ghana will burn if the EC boss is removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer says a large section of the Ghanaian media is uncomfortable anytime actions of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), and its operatives are criticized because the media politically tainted in NPP colours.<\/p>\n<p>Abraham Amaliba has come under intense public backlash following media reports quoting him as saying Ghana will burn if the Electoral Commissioner is removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>But he denies the reports explaining, \u201cyou the media have become so biased that you don\u2019t want the NPP and its government to be criticized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the current government is using the system to harass Mrs Osei, a situation he said does not augur well for the stability of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is never true that I said Ghana will burn, what I told the host is that if Madam Charlotte Osei removed from office, Ghana may not be peaceful and when that happens, my house will be burnt and the host\u2019s house too will be burnt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat does not mean I said Ghana will burn\u2026I am not surprised the media is misreporting me because they hate it when we criticize the government, but I am assuring you that we will continue to criticize the government and they can continue to misreport us in their reportage,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 32 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Friday, 15 December 2017 Source: abusuafmonline.com 2017-12-15 Abraham Amaliba, Legal practitioner Embattled member of the legal team of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Abraham Amaliba, is accusing the \u2018biased\u2019 media of twisting his recent comments regarding attempts to impeach Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte by some petitioners. 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