Political parties pledge their commitment to peace in the upcoming elections

Juaboso, Oct. 22, GNA – Development Focus, an Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), in the Juaboso District of the Western Region, over the weekend, engaged all political parties in a peace walk as a means of fostering brotherliness among them. Already, communities like Afari, Boizan and Juaboso have been identified as flash points where insults are traded among contenders in this year’s elections. Justice Isaac Peh, Executive Director of Development Focus, said the march was, therefore, to promote the spirit of friendship among the parties to ensure that minor issues were defused before they degenerated into unwarranted violence. He said with support from STAR-Ghana, the NGO would intensify its education, particularly among parties in the flash point communities as campaigning for votes intensified. Various speakers at a durbar to run off the peace march called for a collaborative effort from the parties to ensure violent free elections while some aspiring parliamentarians in the area affirmed their commitment to peace. DSP Ofori Donkor, Juaboso District Police Commander, assured residents that the police were ready to provide maximum security during the elections. In a related development, the Ministers Network of Western Region, at a stakeholders forum for election 2012, have met the leadership of the various political parties in the region to discuss how the nation could achieve a peaceful elections.      The network in a communique said: "It is clearly evident that since the inception of multi-party democracy in the country, the church has played no mean role in deepening democracy".       It said: "As e congratulate all and sundry for their commitment at maintaining peace, we wish to put on record that our enviable reputation as the "Beacon of Hope" on the African continent must be consolidated.   GNA ... Read Full Story