The National Peace Council has acknowledged that the deaths during the 2020 elections tarnished Ghana’s image, despite the elections being described as peaceful.
The Council has stated that consultations with stakeholders are ongoing to ensure that such a situation is not repeated asserting that an election should never result in the loss of any life.
Joana Opare a Board Member of the National Peace Council made these remarks at the ongoing Public Forum on Media, Peace, and Democratic Consolidation in Ghana, held in Accra.
“One of them came especially from the stakeholder meeting by CODEO that especially highlighted, and I quote, the deaths that were recorded in the 2020 general elections had dented Ghana’s image. Excellencies, under no circumstances should elections lead to the death of any lives.
“To move beyond this collective pain, we have had a lot of consultations with all stakeholders, the political parties, their leadership, the media and so on to ensure that we are all moving in the right direction to keep Ghana as a peaceful country,” she stated.
By Yaa Wodenya
