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Sunyani police will not tolerate negative political
activities
Odumase (B/A), Oct. 11, Ghanadot/GNA – Superintendent of
Police Charles Botwe, the Sunyani District Police Commander,
has said the police would not tolerate political activities
that would have the potential to cause mayhem in the
municipality before, during and after the December poll.
He said politics of acrimony, rancour and intimidation was a
thing of the past and the country’s democratic dispensation
had reached a level that enabled eligible voters to exercise
their civic responsibilities without fear or interference.
Mr Botwe, who is chairman of Sunyani West District Election
Security Taskforce, said this at a meeting of the taskforce
at Odumase, the district capital.
He said ensuring free, fair, peaceful and transparent
election was a shared responsibility for security agencies,
the Electoral Commission, National Commission for Civic
Education and the entire society.
The eight-member task force is made up of representatives of
Sunyani West District Assembly, Ghana National Fire Service,
Customs, Excise and Preventive Service, Ghana Police
Service, Ghana Immigration Service and Bureau of National
Investigations.
Mr Botwe said the taskforce intended to form patrol teams
that would be deployed at the 200 polling stations in
Sunyani East and West constituencies.
He said the taskforce had met representatives of almost all
the political parties within its operational area to educate
them on the electoral process and the need to guard against
campaigns of insults and abusive remarks.
Mr Botwe spoke about the rate at which some people used
abusive language in their contributions to phone-in segments
of radio programmes and said such behaviour posed a threat
to peace.
While appealing to media practitioners to cross-check
information, more especially concerning elections before
dissemination, Mr Botwe commended the media for their
contributions in helping to nurture democracy.
He warned the electorate against carrying offensive
instruments to polling stations on voting day and said “the
police are mandated to arrest and prosecute anybody who
would be spotted carrying any offensive material”.
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