NPP, NDC unite for peaceful elections
AS THE CAMPAIGN for both the 2008 presidential and parliamentary elections gradually enters the homestretch, with the various aspirants adopting last minute campaign strategies to win more voters, and consolidate their support base, many Ghanaians continue to stress on the need for peace, especially between the supporters of the two glamorous political parties – New Partiotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Supporters of the two rival parties have therefore been embarking on moves to demonstrate their total commitment towards peaceful and violence free elections on December 7, with peace marches on some principal streets in the Kumasi metropolis.
As part of the initiatives, two young supporters from both the NPP and the NDC have adopted a rather an unusual move, with the view to raising funds for their livelihood, and also campaign for peaceful co-existence between supporters of the two parties.
Eric Amankwaah 26, and Kwame Ntrakwa 25, both residents of the Garden City, have been marching through the principal streets of Kumasi, since the beginning of the week, painted in the colours of the NPP and NDC, to preach for peace and violence-free elections.
The peaceful election torchbearers told the paper in an interview, that the move was their little effort towards campaigning for peaceful elections in the country, and to show residents of the metropolis, and Ghana in general, about the need to maintain peace, before and after the elections.
They revealed that they would continue their crusade until December 7, when the country goes to the polls, and that they would make sure they reached every corner of the metropolis with their peace message. The election crusaders said notwithstanding the fact that they belonged to two different political parties, they had maintained a peaceful co-existence ever since the electioneering campaign began, and they felt there was the need for the public to also cultivate the habit of tolerance, and learn to live in peace and harmony with each other.
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