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Yesterday, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and former President John Dramani Mahama pledged peace ahead of the presidential elections scheduled for Monday, December 7, 2020.
The third high-level meeting of the Presidential Elections Peace Pact, signed by the two candidates from the country’s two main political parties, the ruling New Patriotic Party (PNP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), is very significant.
Witnessed by well-meaning personalities, including the Chief Justice, Justice Anin Yeboah, the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, the President of the National Peace Council, Dr. Rev. Ernest Adu Gyamfi, the National Chamber of Heads, the president of the EC, Mrs. Jean Mensa, also want to praise the initiative of the peace pact that was spearheaded by the Institute of Democratic Governance (IDEG), the National Commission for Civic Education and the National Peace Council.
Furthermore, we note with satisfaction that the two leading candidates in the upcoming elections have fully committed themselves to maintaining peace before, during and after the elections. What is more satisfying is the fact that the two leaders also agree to seek constitutional redress if they are not satisfied with the electoral process.
But beyond this public display of commitment to peace before, during and after the elections, we want to point out the need to trust in our democratic institution, the Electoral Commission, to manage and carry out peaceful elections and in the security services to maintain public order.
We recall that the special vote organized by the electoral management body on December 1, 2020, passed quietly and peacefully with very marginal setbacks.
With only two days left until the crucial elections, peace is on our minds and we hope that we will all work together to achieve it.
Without a doubt, Ghana’s democratic credentials, which permeate every corner of the world, will be put to the test on Monday, as more than 17 million eligible voters are expected to cast their ballots in a bid to retain the incumbent government. or by taking over the reins of government.
But if words were the only test of a democracy free of violence, we are confident that Ghana will overcome. Unfortunately, we have a duty to back up words with actions; We don’t have to fight and at the same time preach peace and pretend to be the best.
Currently, the different political parties are in the last momentum of their campaign and are crossing the length and breadth of the country while promoting their messages to the electorate in their quest to influence the votes at their side.
While all of this is going on, the Daily Graphic has PEACE in mind and would like to prevail over all political actors, the electorate and all well-meaning Ghanaians to allow that word PEACE to resonate in their minds so they don’t get involved in acts. that will jeopardize the harmony we currently enjoy.
Let’s note that after the elections, we still have a Ghana to defend because we don’t have a better country to go to in case the unexpected happens.
It is a fact that last week’s special vote was a fraction of what was expected on December 7, but we are confident that we will be able to live up to the hype and deliver to shame any skeptic and take it back. our democratic credentials a step higher.
As a nation, we must all stand ready to support the promotion and maintenance of peace throughout the electoral process to demonstrate once again that the country is indeed the beacon of democracy on the continent. We have done it seven times and we cannot fail in the eighth presidential and parliamentary elections under the fourth Republican dispensation. Peace must prevail at all costs.
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