THE Accra West Regional Grand Knight, Worthy Brother Evaristus Kuatsinu, has called on Marshallans and the general public to be tolerant and avoid the use of intemperate language to ensure peace in this year’s polls.
He has also urged the electorate to scrutinise the policies that politicians and political parties espoused in order to make informed choices that would promote the country’s development.
Worthy Bro Kuatsinu made the call at the thanksgiving mass held at the St. Charles Lwanga Catholic Church on Sunday, July 17, 2016 to climax the fourth regional conference of the Accra West Regional Council and Court.
During the two-day conference, W/Bro Kuatsinu was installed as the new Regional Grand Knight while Bro Paul Enninful was also installed as the Deputy Regional Conference.
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.
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 electorates 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.
“What we should be doing is that in our homes, at Church, at our 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, saying that it was important all in society to desist from things that promoted conflicts in society, such as jealousy, pride, selfishness, and impatience.