President John Mahama has said Ghana will not be plunged into war under his watch saying he has more to lose than anyone else should that eventuality befall the country and has, thus, pledged his utmost commitment to peace in this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 December.
At a meeting under the auspices of the National Peace Council in Accra on Thursday, Mr Mahama said Ghana’s democracy and peace are “too precious to be gambled away on the altar of an unbridled quest to attain or to hold on to political power”.
“I John Dramani Mahama wish to state my utmost commitment to peaceful and successful elections,” he pledged, adding: “Indeed, I have more to lose than any of the candidates here if this country breaks out in violence.
“I’ve been involved in politics of this country since 1996. My disposition as a nonviolent person is widely known and acknowledged.
“All through my campaign, I have urged my followers to work for a peaceful election. I’ll continue to do so in the time left, before and after the elections, and it’s my wish that my fellow contenders will do so as they wind up their campaigns.
“I pray to the almighty God that it shall not be my portion and that may it not be under my watch that our dear nation Ghana will be consumed by violence.
“I pledge to carry out my dual role both as president of the republic and as a presidential candidate in these forthcoming elections in a manner that shall preserve the peace and stability of our dear nation.
“I declare publicly my respect for the Electoral Commission and the authentic results that shall be declared by this commission. I declare my confidence in the people of Ghana to make a choice of their own freewill of whom to lead them in the next four years.
“…No amount of political power is worth the shedding of one drop of blood of any Ghanaian. Violence cannot be a reflection of a genuine desire to serve. I have absolute confidence in Ghana’s capacity to successfully clear the upcoming democratic hurdle on 7 December 2016 and stay the course of economic and democratic transformation that I have initiated over the last four years,” he said. The six other presidential candidates also pledged their commitment to peace at the event.
Source: Classfmonline
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You ,My friend have st0len enough to live like a king for the rest of your life.You have forgotten one small detail though. Death.One day whether you like is or not you will die. There has been nothing but suffering under your stewardship.For your information these days many people are simply dropping dead without showing any earlier signs of illness.Those words you are uttering mean nothing to you .You are a callous evil man and trust me one day you will face a higher judgement than anything here on earth.
Massa; make no mistake ; Jon Mahama is a very dangerous and a toxic evil person who masquarades as a man of humility and respectful president ; this Jon Mahama is deadly and very toxic like a virus !!!!!; this a man born as a moslem and denounces his moslem relgion because he want to follow and marry a christian ; this Jon Mahama is a murderer and will kill without any feelings ; this is Jon Mahama who mater minded the death of Atta Mills ; to me ; if Jon mahama was in a gang he will be sunctioned to be killed by his fellow gang members because he is a two faced deadly chameleon and cannot be trusted !!!!!!; do not be fulled by what he has said because Jon mahama and his brother Ibrahim Mahama have nothing to lose if Ghana starts burning ; they will buy their way and away to Dubai where they have their assets ; make no mistake about it !!!!!!
Mr President what about the effusions of some of your appointees? Are they peaceful?
FATHER PLEASE LET ALL THE PLANS OF NDC TO MESS UP THE ELECTION BECOME LIKE THE PLANS OF AHITHOPHEL. DO TO MAHAMA AND THE NDC LIKE YOU DID TO PHAROA AND HIS ARMY IN THE RED SEA. DISCONFIT THEIR THINKING. LET ALL THEIR PLANS BE FOILLED. IF ANY BODY SITS IN HELOCOPTER TO GO MESS THE ELLECTION, LET IT CRASH. IF THAT PERSIN USES CARS LET IT NEVER REACH ITS DESTINATION, IF THE PERSON USES MOTO LET A WIND BLOW IT AWAY. IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AMEN
God bless you for that pledge. I know you mean it. How i wish others could also mean same. desperation and hate don't win elections. People don't care to share any amount of blood just to come to power. But if the Lord hasn't chosen you not amount of desperaation can bring you to power. JM Toaso saa. Onyame nka wo ho.
just stop talking and make sure what we are seeing on the ground is not a country waiting to be burned. Nobody will allow what happened in 2012 to repeat itself. The stealing at the polls must stop.
Silent killer.
I know everything you say you actually mean otherwise!
True! Because all your ill aquaired wealth and property will go to waste.
Those were cheep talks Mahama can not be trusted a bit. He is full of tainted hands and mind.