Ghana has had seven (7) successful democratically elected governments and three (3) successive peaceful transfers of power from a ruling political party to an opposition party since the Fourth Republican Constitution in 1992.
Once again, Ghanaians will go to the polls on 7th December, 2020 to exercise their democratic rights and repeat history by maintaining peace and stability of our beloved country.
Peace is like a ‘golden basket’ that contains development, health, wealth, leadership, jobs, food and many more. It is the most expensive asset every nation could ever boast of.
If peace was a commodity found in the global market, Ghana like any other developing nation would have lacked the requisite financial powers to purchase it.
As we move closer to the election year, with the mind of joining the campaign trail in our political discourse to win power, we need to be mindful of our utterances, use of abusive comments, insults, intolerance, lies and unjustifiable propaganda.
The fresh lessons for all are the La Cote d’Ivoire civil war in May 2011, the current political turmoil in Sudan and the Rwanda’s political upheaval in 1994 that led to a genocide of over 800,000 innocent civilians, mostly women and children.
It took the blood and toil of our forefathers to wave this ‘golden basket’ of peace we enjoy today, and it would be traditionally unheard of socially burden, culturally immature and spiritually decompressed for any Ghanaian to disturb the peace and stability of our dear nation.
With our scarce economic resources, we cannot engage ourselves in any needless political conflict instead of fighting the war against poverty, unemployment, education, housing, sanitation, health and corruption which have bedeviled our mother land.
With our scarce economic resources, we cannot engage ourselves in any needless political conflict instead of fighting the war against poverty, unemployment, education, housing, sanitation, health and corruption which have bedevilled our mother land.
Our inability to coexist with one another as unique individuals with political differences would be tantamount to committing democratic murder and economic suicide.
Government of Ghana can seek for financial aid, HIPC relief, IMF investment support in any sector of the economy, and even ‘Power Barges’ from the economically empowered countries to deal with our ever increasing challenges; but no nation’s peace could be tempered with war.
The relevance of power would be meaningless if the nation we seek to govern has no peace.
Irrespective of our ethnic origin, political affiliation and economic status, we must be seen jealously guiding and protecting the peace of our nation as a customary asset we inherited from our ancestral fathers.
The destiny of Ghana is in the hands of every Ghanaian, and the keys to the peace of year 2020 elections must be found in our hearts.
It is very obvious that modern imperialism with its advanced features possess a potential threat to an infant democratic nation bestowed with natural resources like ours, and we are also very much aware of our modern imperialism usual pretending camouflage sympathy, greed and evil intentions.
Our hopes, hard work, prayers, aspirations, and pride of being Ghanaians will gradually drive us to the destination of our choice, after all a ‘journey of several miles begins with a single step’.
The contributions by some Ministers of God, patriotic individual Ghanaians, political leaders, civic and corporate organizations who aimed at ensuring peace before, during and after the year 2020 polls are in the right directions.
Although, freedom of speech is truly enshrined in the constitutions of the Republic of Ghana, limitations during any political engagements are very essential in preserving our hard earned peace.
Political leaders and their supporters or commentators must examine critically with the nationalistic lenses the significance of peace beyond one’s personal gains.
The various political parties must also adhere to Ghana’s Political Parties Code of Conduct and desist from acts that will undermine our national integrity.
Credible and peaceful elections are some of the fundamental indicators of growing our fragile democracy and ensuring good governance.
The moment has come for us as Ghanaians to think about what we should do for mother Ghana, and not what mother Ghana should do for us.
The good people of Ghana shall surely increase the tally of our outstanding democratic credentials as the days unfolds to 7th December, 2020.
We shall demonstrate politically to the world that we are indeed the continental 'Democratic Giants' in Africa.
God Bless Our Home Land Ghana!
And Make Our Nation Great And Strong!!
By Frederick Kaayeng
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