Twifo Praso (C/R) Oct. 6, Ghanadot/GNA - The
Twifo-Hemang-Lower Denkyira District Security
Committee (DISEC), on Friday directed all
political parties in the area to submit their
campaign itineraries to it for scrutiny in order
to avoid clashes and ensure sanity during
campaigns.
Mr Samuel Agyeibie-Kessie the District Chief
Executive (DCE) and Chairman of the Committee,
who gave the directive, noted that it was an
offence to deface posters of aspirants and
appealed to the public to desist from such
practices.
The DCE, who was addressing a forum organised by
the DISEC in conjunction with the assembly to
formulate strategies to ensure the maintenance
of peace before, during and after the December
7, 2008 elections, called on parties to educate
their supporters to comport themselves during
rallies.
He said political opponents were not enemies and
therefore politicians and their parties should
learn to be tolerant.
The forum was attended by representatives of
political parties, religious leaders,
parliamentary aspirants, assembly members and
traditional rulers in the Twifo Ati Morkwa and
Hemang-Lower-Denkyira constituencies.
The DCE advised parliamentary aspirants to
refrain from making promises of providing
projects, since they were lawmakers and does not
implement projects.
The participants agreed that the district and
the nation as a whole needed peace to step up
developments, and pledged to help stem any acts
that would spark off conflict before, during and
after the December 7, 2008 general election.
An independent parliamentary aspirant for the
Hemang-Lower-Denkyira constituency, Mr Bright
Wireko-Brobbey, urged the media to be neutral
and objective in the discharge of their duties.
The media, he said, must be circumspect in their
utterances during campaigns to avoid violence.
Mr Abraham Odoom, Deputy Minister of Health and
aspiring parliamentarian for Twifo Ati Morkwa
constituency, appealed to other parliamentary
candidates in the area to adopt a realistic
approach in their campaigns and refrained from
inciting violence.
The presiding member of the assembly, Mr
Emmanuel Agyeman, advised the youth not to allow
politicians to use them to cause mayhem.
Nana Appiah Nuamah II, Omanhene of Twifo Mampong
Traditional Area, also stressed the need for the
maintenance of peace in the country, and the
need for campaign messages to be based on
issues.
Pastor Enoch Appiah, a representative of the
Local Christian Council, said the success of the
election would depend on continuous prayers and
education.
He appealed to churches to use the pulpits to
educate their members and pray regularly for
peaceful elections.
GNA
