The Most Reverend Professor Johnson Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, Presiding Bishop of the Methodist Church of Ghana, has called on political actors in the Akwatia by-election to desist from tactics, which have the tendency to derail the electoral process.
He said: "The acts of bullying and violence which normally characterise elections are serious litmus test for Ghana's fledgling democratic path, and every fruitful leader ready to serve the country, would not want to gain power by deceitful and bullying means." He was speaking in an interview with the media during the first graduation ceremony of the Sekondi Campus of the Wesleyan Entrepreneurship School, at the Christ the King Circuit of the Methodist Church, at Anaji in the Western Region.
According to the Presiding Bishop, power and governance were service to the people, "so I become suspicious of politicians who use bullying tactics and do not allow patience and peace to seek power, will do with the power." Most Rev Prof Asamoah-Gyadu reminded political parties that it was not necessary for people to lose their lives through elections before leaders were elected to serve the nation to the glory of God.
He also advised politicians against voting buying, adding that such practice did not represent a true reflection of the chosen candidates to lead the country.
