It will be a disaster to win elections only to realise the country is in chaos - Peace Council to political actors

The National Peace Council has given the assurance that it will work to ensure that Ghana maintains peace before, during and after the general elections.

Speaking in an interview on Joy News, the chairman, Dr. Ernest Adu Gyamfi, urged political actors to campaign with a focus on preserving the country’s peace.

“Everyone is campaigning to win the attention of Ghanaians. Let’s campaign with the intention to maintain the peace in the country.

"It will be a disaster to win elections only to realize that the country is in chaos. How can you govern if the country is in chaos? The most important thing is to campaign and maintain our peace,” he noted.

He added that the council has mapped out all hotspots for electoral violence and will pay critical attention to those areas to reduce political tensions during the elections.

“The peace council has a map of all the hotspots of election violence in the country. We know where the hotspots are. We are given attention to these places all these are meant to minimise political tensions in the country,” he explained.

He claimed that some political actors hide behind vigilante groups to foment trouble.

“The challenge is that there is a disconnect between the grass roots and the political actors, some of the political actors hide behind vigilante groups to cause violence.

"We need to get to the grass roots . The major problem is how to get to the grassroots for them to understand what misinformation and disinformation can lead to,” he noted.

Dr. Adu Gyamfi reiterated the need for Ghanaians to understand the impact of electoral violence.

“It is important for the public to understand the concept of electoral violence, it is intended to manipulate the outcome of the electoral process.

"It runs through the whole electoral process, it is done to manipulate the process, if we allow these things will continue, it will continue it is likely to lead to a more serious thing,” the report indicated.

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