Western Region Peace Council condemns violence during voter registration exercise

Reverend John Ernest Kwofie, the Chairman of the Western Region Peace Council, has condemned the pockets of violence during the on-going voter registration exercise in the country.

He, therefore, called on the authorities to bring the perpetrators to book to serve as a deterrent to others.

Rev. Kwofie said this during the opening of a two-day advocacy campaign workshop on the eradication of vigilantism in Ghana organised by the National Peace Council in Takoradi.

The workshop attended by politics parties mainly New Patriotic Party and National Democratic Congress, Civil Society Organizations, Faith-based organizations, the Media and other relevant stakeholders, was to create awareness through advocacy campaigns on Act (999), as well as the Roadmap and Code of Conduct of Political Parties.

Rev Kwofie pointed out that politically related violence perpetrated by party-affiliated vigilante groups had become a major threat to democracy and the country