Former authorities spokesperson on governance and safety, Dr. Palgrave Boakye-Danquah, has emphasised that the Nationwide Peace Council has a essential function to play in guaranteeing peaceable elections in Ghana.
He defined that partaking political actors was necessary as a result of it reminded residents that elections had been about electing representatives in Parliament by means of a peaceable and violence-free course of.
“If we are saying we’re a rustic of peace, then this election have to be one other check to show that. We should not repeat the unlucky incidents we noticed in Ablekuma North,” he stated.
Dr. Boakye-Danquah added that investigations into the incident had been ongoing and must be carefully monitored.
in an interview with Channelone TV, he stated the New Patriotic Get together (NPP) had been working to remind constituents of the achievements of the late MP, Ernest Kumi.
He urged voters to help the NPP candidate, Solomon Kwame Asumadu, to proceed Kumi’s legacy.
Dr. Boakye-Danquah rejected recommendations that the occasion was searching for sympathy votes, stressing that the NPP had already gained the seat within the December 2024 common elections.
“The court docket case that dragged on for six months was solely resolved three weeks earlier than Ernest handed away. That exhibits clearly that the seat belongs to the NPP,” he acknowledged.
He emphasised that whereas guaranteeing peace was a shared duty, the Nationwide Peace Council remained central in guiding political actors to keep up calm earlier than, throughout, and after the polls.
By: Jacob Aggrey
