AFRICA/GHANA - Bishops' Conference: The success of Ghana's Election depends on Electoral Commission

Monday, 16 November 2020 bishops   elections  

Accra (Agenzia Fides) - "We commend the Electoral Commission for all the measures it has put in place to ensure peaceful, free, fair, transparent and credible elections. We call on Ghanaians to repose trust and confidence in the work of the Electoral Commission throughout the period of elections and thereafter", the Bishops of Ghana say in a statement released at the end of their Annual Plenary Assembly. The Bishops also appealed to Politicians, members and supporters of the various political parties, during their campaigning, to avoid the temptation of making promises that they know they cannot fulfil, because this amounts to deceiving the people of Ghana. They urge the security agencies to discharge their duty with dispatch and without fear or favour and call upon the media to uphold the highest journalistic values and ethics in their reportage of the electoral process.
The eight page communique also addresses issues on the Word of God, The COVID-19 Pandemic, Recent Political Disturbances in the Volta Region, The Integrity of the Environment, Education and Human Dignity.
The Annual Plenary Assembly was under the theme: "The Word of God: Christian Formation for Transformation in Ghana". (A.A) (L.M) (Agenzia Fides, 16/11/2020)


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