[ 2016-12-06 ]

Election losers, winners should share ideas - Rev Antwi-Tumfuor
Reverend Emmanuel Antwi-Tumfuor of the Evangelical
Presbyterian Church, Ghana, has appealed to
politicians who will lose or win in the December 7
elections to have open hearts.

This, he said would make them ready to tap into
the good ideas of each other to push forward the
nation’s development agenda.

He said the country’s developmental course could
not be left to one individual or a political party
and therefore it was imperative that people
seeking the welfare of the nation should be
willing to work together whether in victory or in
defeat.

Rev Antwi-Tumfuor, who was speaking at ceremony to
welcome him as the Head Pastor of Ho-Bankoe
District in Volta Region on Sunday said, history
had offered enough lessons to know that in the
world over a political party which formed
government today could be in opposition tomorrow.

“That is the reason why policies of ruling
governments should not antagonise political
opponents because the political table can turn
anytime,” he noted.

Rev Antwi-Tumfuor said politicians must use
temperate language, respect one another’s
opinions, give praise where it is due and offer
constructive criticism so as to maintain cordial
relations at all times.

He said institutions of state should try to live
above reproach so that they might not be perceived
as doing the bidding of any political interest.

Rev Antwi-Tumfuor said people should not use the
hitches of the recent special voting exercise to
pass quick judgment on the officials of the
Electoral Commission and rather make constructive
suggestions to help them to rectify the problems
on Wednesday December 7.

Politicians, he said, should be seen to be
trumpeting the positive values of all sections of
the Ghanaian society in order to motivate all
citizens no matter which regions they come from.

“As a people we must make conscious effort to
shun any partisan parochial interest, which only
creates divisiveness, hatred, unnecessary
suspicion and apathy,” he added.

He told the congregants of the District that the
unity in their families and the church would send
good signal to the entire country that there was
power in unity in diversity and that was crucial
in promoting national peace, stability and
accelerated progress.

Source - GNA

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