[ 2012-08-06 ]

President John Mahama

Let us educate supporters against political insults- President Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has appealed to the
leadership of political parties to step up
education programmes that would discourage their
supporters from trading in insults during
political campaigns.

He said the death of President John Atta Mills had
opened a new page for Ghanaians to unite and boost
the democratic credentials the country had
achieved over the past years.

“We in government will do everything possible to
conduct political activities with a sense of
dignity and decency to continue to consolidate and
raise Ghana’s enviable position in African
political ladder,” President Mahama said when the
leadership of the Assemblies of God Church, Ghana,
called on him at the Osu Castle, Accra.

The delegation was at the Castle to commiserate
with President Mahama on the death of President
Mills.

It was also there to congratulate President Mahama
for his assumption of office as President and to
present a message from the Presidency of World
Assemblies of God Fellowship.

President Mahama said leaders of political parties
normally did not engage in political insults, and
educating their supporters against the practice
could help the Electoral Commission to effectively
and peacefully conduct the December 7 polls.

He called on Ghanaians to be circumspect in their
arguments concerning the death and burial of
President Mills, to ensure peace and tranquility
to befit the late President Mills as “Asomdwehene”
(King of Peace).

The President declared Friday, August 10, a public
holiday, to enable all Ghanaians everywhere to
participate in President Mills’ funeral.

Reverend Dr Paul Frimpong Manso, General
Superintendent of Assemblies of God Church in
Ghana, who led the delegation, described the late
President Mills as "A rainbow with many colours -
a politician, an academician, Christian, humble
and tolerant."

The clergyman commended politicians and
journalists for conducting themselves well after
the death of President Mills and asked them to
extend the behavior to the December 7 polls.

Source - GNA

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