By Felix Kwaku-Dua
There is no doubt the political temperature is gradually rising as the various political parties in the country are gearing up for the upcoming general election especially as we have some few months for Ghanaians to exercise their franchise to elect who they deem fit to rule this sovereign country.
There is no doubt the political temperature is gradually rising as the various political parties in the country are gearing up for the upcoming general election especially as we have some few months for Ghanaians to exercise their franchise to elect who they deem fit to rule this sovereign country.
Worldwide, Ghana
is noted for being a peaceful country and the upcoming election is going to put
Ghana
to another test as it is another avenue for the good people of this country to
prove or justify what they are noted for.
For election to be peaceful, most depends on electorates, staunch party sympathizers and other stakeholders.
But I think this leaves a lot of work on the political parties, traditional authorities, religious leaders, security agencies and other corporate organizations who can also in their small aid in preaching peace ahead of election 2016.
The aforementioned stakeholders must work assiduously by having discussions on issues of peace and political tolerance as we have some few months to go to the polls.
The king of theAsante kingdom, Otumfuor Osei Tutti
II as part of his efforts to lower the political temperature ahead of the 2016
general elections, has decided to engage all the flag bearers of the various
political parties for a golf match. This is a step in the right direction. It
is the hope of the monarch that playing a game among themselves will send the
right signal to their followers and also will make them see themselves as team
players working for mother Ghana
rather than rivals.
For election to be peaceful, most depends on electorates, staunch party sympathizers and other stakeholders.
But I think this leaves a lot of work on the political parties, traditional authorities, religious leaders, security agencies and other corporate organizations who can also in their small aid in preaching peace ahead of election 2016.
The aforementioned stakeholders must work assiduously by having discussions on issues of peace and political tolerance as we have some few months to go to the polls.
The king of the