Minister of State at the Ministry of Interior, Bryan Acheampong have assured Ghanaians of a peaceful December 7 elections despite the violence associated with the voters registration exercise.
According to him, the police have been trained and reoriented with a new mindset to deal with election violence free from political interference.
Speaking on Agoo FM he said, “I don’t want to believe that 2020 election would be violent. Naturally, out of the 30 million people, 15 million are expected to register. For pockets of misunderstanding during election it happens everywhere but you can be sure that with the new Police mindset to deal with such issues independent of Political influence, we will have a better results and these things over time will fade out.”
He further called for public to remain calm on Minister of Special Development, Hawa Koomson’s incidence where she fired a gun at a registration centre in the Awutu Senya Constituency. He said police have assured to look into the matter therefore he can only pass judgement after police investigations.
“I think per what I heard and reports read, it is quite unfortunate but I have only read the initial report from one side. Police have assured to get into the bottom of the matter. When they are done, then we will be able to pass judgement,” he said.
Bryan Acheampong added, “the cause of all these pockets of violence where people are fighting with cutlass, guns and causing confusion is because of selfish interest not in the interest of wanting to serve the people. If we move away from that mindset – and I think the people are moving from that mindset to the mindset of development, all these things will end. Broadly we are advancing as a people. We are moving away from the days where syringe bulbs were shared to electorates to vote for certain political party,to development.”
Source: GhanaFeed.com