[ 2016-11-22 ]

Don’t vote based on tribe or religion – Duncan-Williams
The Presiding Archbishop and General Overseer of
Action Chapel International, Nicholas
Duncan-Williams, has expressed worry over
political leaders engaging in tribal and
ethnocentric comments ahead of the 7 December
polls.

His comments come after President John Dramani
Mahama’s pronouncements that the vice
presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party
(NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, will be dumped by the
NPP should it come to power.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Class
News’ Kwesi Parker-Wilson at the sidelines of
the launch of the 2nd High Level Meeting of
National Leaders Aimed at Strengthening Ghana’s
Democratic Stability, Peace and Unity in Accra on
Monday 21 November, Archbishop Duncan-Williams
advised voters to choose leaders based on their
competence, and not tribe or religion.

“We shouldn’t vote for people because of their
tribe or their religion. You should vote for
people because they are Ghanaians and they have
what it takes to govern and to manage this country
and to help move this nation forward and make it
what we all want it to be. It shouldn’t be on
the grounds of tribe or religion, but it should be
on the grounds of what the individual is capable
of doing,” he stated.

The renowned man of God added that although it was
a worrying trend for politicians to indulge in
tribal politics, some religious leaders were
engaging them behind the scenes to ensure there is
peace before, during, and after the 7 December
polls.

“It is worrying that some presidential
candidates are engaging in tribal politics, but,
again, if you look at the American election, in
politics a lot of things happen, and again we are
engaging them behind the scenes. I’m one who
doesn’t like confronting people publicly,
especially when tensions are high. I think these
people are very wise, intelligent and brilliant
people. In the mist of the tension, if you engage
them behind the scenes they come around, and I
think that we are doing that in our own ways and
we are also encouraging them to engage their
people because sometimes you can’t blame the
leaders only. Sometimes it’s the people around
us, they have a way of fuelling the fire. They see
it as ways of empowering their leaders,” he
said.

Source - Classfmonline

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