‘Stop gagging pastors with political tags’
Bishop Charles
Agyinasare, founder of Perez Chapel International, has admonished politicians
to stop tagging Christian and Muslim clerics with political colours as a means
of gagging them.
According to him, “being the moral compass of
the society, gagging clerics can well mean shutting down the very important
compass, which, in turn, robs the nation of the voices of reason and caution,
which are critical in steering the nation to its desired destination in peace
and harmony.”
Speaking at a post-election thanksgiving service
by the newly-elected flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),
John Mahama and the party’s leadership, as well as all the failed aspirants at
the Perez Dome on Sunday, Bishop Agyinasare warned that “if the worst befalls
this country, Christian and Muslim clerics just as any ordinary vulnerable
person, will not be spared.”
“Why do
people persistently colour the words and deeds of Christian and Muslim clerics
with politics to the point that they can no longer express themselves about the
most basic issues of the country and its wellbeing?”
“We uphold our role as a moral society and a
conscience to the nation but often times political mischief makers seek to
label church leaders in a way that undermines our pursuits. It is our prayer
that society will be a lot more charitable with the church, for society needs
the church and especially the divine dimension it introduces in the affairs of
the nation,” Bishop Agyinasare stressed.
Some Christian clerics like Archbishop Nicholas Duncan-Williams, Pastor Mensa Otabil, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Martey, Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, Bishop Agyinasare himself, among others have been given political tags as being sympathisers of either of the two main political parties, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) or the National Democratic Congress (NDC) because of their utterances and positions they contribute to national issues. –classfmonline.com
