Reconsider your position on signing a peace pact - Opuni-Frimpong to Asiedu Nketiah

Former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana and Executive Director, of the Alliance for Christian Advocacy Africa Rev. Dr. Kwabena Opuni-Frimpong, has urged the National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah to reconsider his position on signing a peace pact ahead of the 2024 elections.

Asiedu Nketiah on Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at a meeting with members of the political parties' code of conduct committee set up by the National Peace Council reiterated the position that the NDC will not sign a peace pact ahead of the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.

The NDC Chairman outlined the implementation of six (6) demands before reconsidering its position and demanded amongst others that President Akufo-Addo, the Inspector-General of Police, the Chief Justice, the National Security Coordinator, and the Attorney General all sign the pact.

However, reacting to the development in an interview with Class 91.3 FM, Rev. Dr. Opuni-Frimpong appealed to Asiedu Nketiah to reconsider his stance in the best interest of the country.

“What we have heard from the chairman Mr. Asiedu Nketiah suggests, therefore to me that that is a personal view, and we will still want to plead with him that being the National chairman of the party, at least we should not get to that point.

The peace pact had become part of our democratic culture and we must sustain it.”

The Former General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Rev. Dr. Opuni-Frimpong, however, admitted that there are some outstanding issues from the 2020 elections which have contributed to derailing the country’s democratic process.

Meanwhile, in order to address these concerns and rebuild public trust in Ghana’s electoral processes, Rev. Dr. Opuni-Frimpong called for the prosecution of persons responsible for the deaths of 8 persons during the 2020 elections.

“We must prosecute those who are responsible for their death in the 2020 election. That is how we can build public confidence.

The more we create the impression that people can get away with these electoral violence and electoral deaths, the perpetuation will be difficult to handle,” he said.