Catholic society urges society to ensure peaceful elections
The Accra West Regional Council and Court of the Knights and Ladies of Marshall, a Catholic friendly society, has climaxed its fourth regional conference, with a call on the public to be tolerant and avoid the use of intemperate language to ensure peace in this year’s polls.
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It has also urged the electorate to scrutinise the policies that politicians and political parties espouse in order to make informed choices that will promote the country’s development.
The newly installed Regional Grand Knight (RGK), Worthy Brother Evaristus Kuatsinu, made that call on behalf of the society at the thanksgiving mass held at the St Charles Lwanga Catholic Church last Sunday.
The colourful event, which was on the theme, “Mercy, the heartbeat of the gospel and the Marshallan,” drew participants from the five Councils and Courts in the Accra West Region such as Councils 71, 48, 74 108,109, and Courts 40, 63, 67, 103 and 105.
Bro. Paul Enningful was also installed as the Deputy Regional Grand Knight.
Promote peace
Worthy Brother Kuatsinu urged the public to stay away from politics of insults, attacks on political opponents, and acts that could derail the peace of the country.
“Politics is not about the use of abusive words or threatening others with violence. It is about letting the electorate know the policies you have and why you should be the preferred choice,” he said.
He said peace was a prerequisite for the development of a country and that it was important for individuals to get involved in educating the public to maintain peace during and after the elections.
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“What we should be doing is that in our homes, at church, workplaces, and every social gathering, we have to embrace peace so that we can go through the elections as a united country,” he said.
‘Turn to God’
The Parish Priest of St Charles Lwanga Catholic Church at Abeka, Very Rev. Father Andrew Anumu Quaye-Foli, who delivered the sermon, urged Christians and the public to establish a cordial relationship with God and not to allow worldly things to take precedence over their lives.
He also asked the public to be tolerant of other people’s views in order to promote unity and peace in the country.
“God did not make everyone the same. There are different people with different temperaments, but God needs everybody. Therefore, we need to learn to tolerate one another irrespective of the dissenting views we may have,” he said.
Very Rev. Fr Quaye-Foli said Marshallans stood for mercy and that it was important for that mercy to be translated into unconditional love for others.
He said love was the foundation of peaceful co-existence, and added that it was important for all in the society to desist from things that promoted conflict in the nation, such as jealousy, pride, selfishness, and impatience.