Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has charged communities in the country to defend their Democratic rights against the incumbent New Patriotic Party vigilantes in the coming election.
According to Mahama, the NPP government will release their vigilantes on the day of election. He made reference to what transpired in the just ended voter registration exercise. But he assured that, his party will work to have a peaceful election
“We will work to have peaceful elections but there is a threat that the ruling government will unleash their vigilantes on the Election Day and so I have said that our communities should defend their democratic rights,”.
He added that he will not be the one to bring violence in the 2020 general election as a leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as his demeanor is well-known to be a man of peace, modesty and humility.
“If I live in the polling station and you come and attempt to snatch our ballot box or to disrupt the election process, as Ghanaian citizens the constitution says you must protect the constitution and the voting process is a part of the constitutional remits and so if you attempt to disrupt the voting process the community has the authority to arrest you and so I believe that every community should be on its guard because your votes must count,”.
He reiterated that “if anybody attempt to disrupt the voting process or to undermine the constitutional rights to vote, the community has a right to prevent the person from doing that”.
He, therefore, assured that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will not deploy vigilantes as they want the will of the people to be known and heard
“We are not going to deploy vigilantes and all that; we want the will of the people to be known and to be heard and so we pray for peaceful elections and as our intercessors, I will ask you to add that to your prayer topics all the time when you offer supplications to God, that he will continue to favor this nation and he will continue to bless us with peace and unity and that we shall be one people and we shall work together for the peace and prosperity of our nation,”.
Source: GhanaFeed.com