Four candidates pledge to work for peace

The debate centred on education, youth employment, housing, sanitation, commitment to peace and was also to afford the candidates the opportunity to address the developmental challenges that confronts the area.

All the four candidates at the debate, Messrs Cheremeh, Awuah, Alanyina and Mrs Tetteh stressed the importance of peace; an essential thing needed for the development of any society and therefore stated that it must not be toyed with.

Mr Cheremeh for his part pledged his commitment to ensure peace before, during and after the elections but appealed to the various security agencies to perform their duties in a professional manner devoid of any partisan consideration.

He further urged the Police to enforce the laws without fear or favour since that was also the surest way to promote peace before, during and after the elections.

Messrs Awuah and Alanyina for their part pledged to educate their members on the need to remain peaceful and eschew all acts that had the potential to create violence while Mrs Tetteh stated that peace was an essential thing that should not be toyed with and that her party was committed to total peace before and after the elections.

All the four candidates further pledged to work hard when given the mandate to represent the constituents in parliament to bring remarkable improvement in their living conditions.

Earlier, the Anglican Bishop of Sunyani, Right Reverend Dr Festus Yeboah Asuamah, in his open remarks as the chair, urged all the political parties contesting the forthcoming general elections to work towards the sustenance of peace in the country before, during and after the elections.

He further urged the youth not to allow themselves to be used by any politician to foment trouble.

Rt Rev Asuamah, who is also the chairman of the Brong Ahafo Regional branch of the Christian Council of Ghana (CCG), again urged all the political parties contesting the elections to educate their members on the need to preach peace in the constituency and the country as whole since peace could not be achieved with violence. 

Mr Issah Nasigri, the Brong Ahafo Regional Director of the NCCE, said the debate was part of the Commission’s efforts to help deepen the democratic culture in the constituency and the country as a whole and drew the attention to the fact that power to elect people to represent them resided in the electorate and so those who wished to represent the people must subject themselves to the questions of the people on how to govern.

Story: Samuel Duodu