Policeman says winners of election must not tease losers

Breman Brakwa (C/R), Nov 26, GNA – A police officer has appealed to supporters of the party that would win the December general election not to go to the residencies of supporters of losing parties to tease them.

Inspector Daniel Tawiah, in charge of the Breman Brakwa Police Station, said since the constitution guaranteed freedom of movement, supporters of the winning party could make merry on the streets.

He said this at a forum organised by the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) in partnership with the Friedrich Naumann Foundation with support from the European Union (EU) AT Breman Brakwa in the Asikuma-Oboben-Brakwa District.

It was on the theme, “promoting democratic citizenship to enhance election peace, transparency and credibility in Ghana”.

Inspector Tawiah said the police had been prepared to contain any violence before, during and after the elections and appealed to people who had made up their minds to cause trouble during the elections to change their minds immediately.

He said the police had been tasked to protect the ballot boxes and that they were prepared to do that even at the peril of their lives and cautioned people who are not officials of the EC to stay away from the ballot boxes after casting their votes.

He said “machomen” would not be entertained on the day of the elections and added “Don't go and hide to direct people to go and vote for a particular party.” Mr Charles Arkoh, a Returning Officer of the EC, said nobody was above the law therefore no voter must jump the queue.

Mr Ibrahim Yusif, a representative of the Chief Imam, said the election would be a testing case for Ghana as the whole world was watching and appealed to voters to measure up to the test.

Mr Peter Kobina Gyasi, Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education, said since Ghana's democracy was based on multi-party system, people must not regard people in other parties as enemies.

“We must co-exist peacefully and must not allow freedom of association to breed enmity,” he said.

GNA