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The Most Reverend Dr. Paul Kwabena Boafo, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, has appealed to Ghanaians, especially members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to let peace prevail even as they expressed their disagreement with the results of the presidential elections.
“We need to avoid violence and war because the moment it starts, everyone will be affected.”
Reverend Boafo said that “it takes a person to bring the war, so we have to be careful what we say or do after the elections.
“The bullet does not discriminate… women, men, children, adults, the disabled or the physically disabled will be in trouble when war breaks out.
“And this is what we must avoid as a nation. That is why we are always talking about peace, peace, peace, ”Rev Boafo said in an interview with the Ghana News Agency on Tuesday in Accra.
He said those who won and those who did not win in elections should first consider the peace of the nation before doing anything that could spoil the peace of the country.
“We continue to ask for peace and we say that a legal way to seek reparation must be sought,” said Rev. Boafo.
“In demanding justice, we must keep in mind that people are ready to listen when you are also ready to listen, so we must not simply take the law into our own hands.”
He said it was important that legal redress be sought to address concerns related to the election results as was done in 2012 and not ‘the raising of arms’.
Rev. Boafo, therefore, called on the two main political parties to encourage their followers to work for national cohesion and peaceful coexistence.
He said it was not true that the National Peace Council was always on the side of the government and asked that they be allowed to help “eminent persons of the clergy, traditional rulers, civil society and others who have good intentions for the country.” . address everyone’s concerns.
Reverend Boafo urged Ghanaians to “use the Advent season when Christians awaited the birth of Jesus Christ, who comes as the prince of peace to embrace peace.”
So, as the Prince of Peace, let us welcome him into our confused, anxious and depressed world so that his banner, which is peace, may be over us. And that’s what comes with him, and when he left, that’s what he left us, ”he said.
— GNA
