The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on the citizenry to be wary of cowards who hide their party colours behind the veils of religious prophesying to advance their parochial party agenda ahead of December general elections.
According to the CPP “God is God and He loves us all, He rewards our consistent surrender to His will. God will not predict winners and fail to guide their steps.”
This was contained in a statement to mark the 70th-anniversary celebration of the Positive Action Day, which heralded the independence of Ghana.
The CPP statement said, ” attempt foisting what one believes to be the revelation of yet to be held elections is a complete abuse of the right to religious exercise and function.”
It said “it appears that there has arisen an enterprise in the form of prophesying as a business or agenda-setting,” pointing out that “elections are both a process and product. If the process is wrong, the product cannot be right.”
Below is the full statement:
Elections and Prophecies
Of serious concern also is the rising tide of prophecies and soothsaying in yet to be held elections. As much we are at liberty to exercise our rights to faith, we should not and cannot in the exercise of that right plunge the nation into chaos through unmeasured flaming of expectations. Elections are both a process and a product. If the process is wrong, the product cannot be right. The conduct and management of elections include more than the Election Management Body. The citizenry, the active participants in the electoral process are key stakeholders who cannot be left out. Therefore how their expectations are micro-managed is of key importance. Prophecies if anything, should be left out of the public discourse especially as not all Ghanaians believe in them. Faith is personal in our secularity.
Elections are an expression of the free will of the people through the ballot.
The expression of this will is individual and personal. Whatever the Spirits tell anyone as the likely consequence or outcome of the expression of the People’s Power must also be treated as personal and individual.
To attempt foisting what one believes to be the revelation of yet to be held elections is a complete abuse of the right to religious exercise and function. It appears that there has arisen an enterprise in the form of prophesying as a business or agenda-setting. In the process, expectations are raised beyond reasonable ends. We are also warned in the good book against false prophesies in Matthew 24:11.
We call on the citizenry to be wary of cowards who hide their party colours behind the veils of religious prophesying to advance their parochial party agenda. God is God and He loves us all. He rewards our consistent surrender to His will. God will not predict winners and fail to guide their steps.
Source: Kofi Atakora
