Ahead of the crucial December 7 general elections, a group of religious leaders have appealed to the public to support the Electoral Commission and protect it from all forms of undue intimidation and harassments.
According to the Coalition of Religious Clergymen, it is incumbent on the general public and civil society groups to support and protect the electoral body from being harrased or exploited by any individual or political groups for their own parochial interests.
At a peaceful through some principal streets of Kumasi, the Ashanti Regional capital, the respected men of God expressed worry that the EC, which has been a sacrosanct electoral body and has steered several successful elections in the 4th Republic, is being maligned by some groups for no justifiable cause, a situation which according to them, does not augur well for the peace and development of our democracy.
The peaceful walk comes in the wake of what the Coalition describes as unwarranted attacks and intimidation of the EC by some political groups leading to unnecessary political tension.