Political parties have been urged to convince the electorate to vote for them, instead of using intemperate language that can inflame passion in the build-up to the December 7 polls.
The founder of the Anointing Prayer Ministry International, Reverend Daniel Koranteng, who gave the advice, said that was the only way to maintain peace and stability for development in the country.
Speaking at the 10th anniversary celebration of the church on Sunday, in Accra he said “Ghana is the only country we have and since by consensus we have all agreed to champion democracy, it behooves every citizen to abide by its tenets.”
Rev. Koranteng appealed to Ghanaians to avoid tendencies that could destabilise its part towards political and socio-economic development.”
The December 7 elections, he said, should not be seen as a do or die affair by political parties and actors seeking power.
Rev. Koranteng said “the country must remain peaceful before, during and after the elections, it’s not war, followers of political parties should be each other’s keeper.”
He urged the citizenry to shun politicians whose utterances have the tendency to sow seeds of discord, to prove to them that the final decision which is the thumb rest with the electorates and not the politician.
Rev. Koranteng urged stakeholders in the electoral process to exhibit high professional standards to ensure that one party is not favoured against the other.
He asked the security agencies to treat the citizenry equally that “the law must be used to deal with troublemakers to serve as deterrent to others”.
Rev. Koranteng advised minors to stay away from the polling stations in order not to become victims of circumstances.
He urged potential voters to immediately leave the polling centre after voting and return only when the counting process was about to begin in order to keep away from trouble.
On the establishment of the church, he noted that the 10-year journey had not been an easy one, and “since I decided to give myself for God’s work I will always avail myself to win more souls for the Lord.”
He charged the congregation to lead exemplary lifestyles and eschew acts that has the potency to drag the name of the church into disrepute.
BY LAWRENCE
VOMAFA-AKPALU