Political leaders urged to restrain their supporters

Koforidua, Aug. 16, GNA - The Chairman of the Koforidua Council of Churches, Reverend Peter Yiadom-Boakye, has urged political leaders to restrain their activists from the use of unsavoury language and insults.

He observed that if the leaders were able to call their party activists to order and to ensure that they refrained from bad language and insults, insults in politics would cease.

According to Rev. Boakye-Yiadom, insults in political discourse would lead to nothing but chaos which would not augur well for the country’s democratic dispensation.

The Chairman of the Local Council of Churches, who was speaking in an interview with Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Koforidua on Tuesday, said the church was doing its part by preaching against the act so political leaders should also complement them.

According to him, it was disheartening to note that political leaders tried to defend their activists, who used bad language, adding that it rather gave more bases to people to use insults.

He said insults in the Ghanaian political landscape was alien to the values and norms of the Ghanaian society and the electorate should rise up against any politician who used insults.

Rev Boakye-Yiadom called on the people to stay away from politicians, who used insults because their behaviour was a bad example to their children.

He reminded politicians that the people of Ghana were more enlightened than they thought and would make a better decision through the ballot box next year based on their visions and not insults.