Election 2020: Akufo-Addo and Mahama to sign peace pact

Presidential candidates of Ghana's two leading parties are expected to sign a peace pact aimed at promoting peace before, during and after the December 7 general elections.

President Nana Akufo-Addo the candidate of the NPP and former president John Mahama, the flagbearer of the NDC, are expected to sign the agreement dubbed the Presidential Elections Peace Pact (PEPP) on December 3, 2020.

The signatories from the two presidential candidates would commit to non-violence, pledge to resort to the judicial process to seek redress in case of disputes and work towards eradicating vigilantism.

The pact follows a similar one signed in Kumasi in 2016. The 2020 agreement is being facilitated by the National Peace Council, the National House of Chiefs, Office of the National Chief Imam and the Insitute of Democratic Development.

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It comes on the back of a National Peace Council-led dialogue which led to the adoption of a road map for the eradicating vigilante violence in Ghana.

The Executive Director of the IDEG, Dr Emmanuel Akwetey, told the Daily Graphic that the objective of the high-level meeting (HLM) which would precede the signing of the PEPP was to convene national leaders who, as peers, would deliberate on the threat of electoral violence to the peace, security and welfare of the whole country.

He said the signing of the PEPP would serve as an instrument for political leaders to demonstrate integrity and a commitment to pursue the path of justice in electoral disputes and avoid electoral violence.