{"id":143871,"date":"2015-08-17T05:50:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T05:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=143871"},"modified":"2015-08-17T06:29:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T06:29:41","slug":"stan-dogbe-was-only-practicing-citizen-journalism-franklin-cudjoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=143871","title":{"rendered":"Stan Dogbe was only practicing &#8216;citizen journalism&#8217; \u2013 Franklin Cudjoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Franklin Cudjoe, president of policy think tank, IMANI Ghana, has mounted a spirited defense for President Mahama\u2019s aide, Stan Dogbe after the latter allegedly leaked proposals on conditions of service by the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) to the public.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;1HEZtzLTw4RvoK6HlyBSowDnLnfkeVar&#8221;]GMA after<span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/07\/31\/we-cant-call-off-strike-now-gma\/\" target=\"_blank\">embarking on strike<\/a><\/strong><\/span> presented to government proposals it wants to be included in their conditions of service.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stan Dogbe <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/01\/leaked-gmas-list-of-demands-for-doctors\/\" target=\"_blank\">published details of the document<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0on his Facebook wall.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He has widely been criticized for making the document public while several others including Organised Labour have called on the<span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/06\/punish-stan-dogbe-if-he-leaked-doctors-document-organised-labour\/\" target=\"_blank\">president to sack him<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But speaking on <strong>Citi FM<\/strong>\u2019s News Analysis programme, <strong>The Big Issue<\/strong> on Saturday, Franklin Cudjoe said he sees nothing wrong with Stan&#8217;s action.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI agree that the way this was managed from the beginning was not the best. \u00a0I\u2019m referring only to the aspects that has to do with the insults to the doctors, I felt that obviously, was wrong. In the same vain, I totally do not see anything wrong with the expos\u00e9.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Franklin Cudje argued that \u201cthese are economic document\u201d which would affect the taxpayer adding that \u201ceven everybody knows the terms of nuclear negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though he noted that \u201cI would have preferred if it was the media that leaked it\u201d he said \u201ca leak is a leak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He further added that Stan Dogbe was only practicing \u201ccitizen journalism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI\u2019m very serious about this issue. If I\u2019d found that document I would possible would have leaked it. I pay tax so if there is going to be an increment in salaries I would have to know. The two people negotiating cannot do anything on the frolic of their own. Keeping it away from us in itself is a disservice to the general public. It is disrespectful to have kept the details of the negotiations from us,\u201d Franklin Cudjoe added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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