Parliamentary aspirants for the November 7 polls should endeavour to speak the truth to their electorate and stop making promises they cannot fulfil to enable citizens make well-informed decisions, District Chief Executive of the Krachi East District Peter Awuranyi has cautioned.
He said the practice of politicians using their bid to run for office to propagate untruths to the electorate when they know very well some of the things they promise cannot be achieved must become a thing of the past.
The DCE was speaking during a training session for civic groups and Inter-Party Dialogue Committee (IPDC) members under a STAR-Ghana funded project being implemented by Socioserve-Ghana, a non-governmental organisation.
The workshop was made up of youth and women organisers of the various political parties, representatives of churches, youth groups, market women associations, Fulani groups, persons with disability, among others.
The DCE also urged the electorate to know that politicians were not magicians to cause a change overnight. He appealed to the public to exercise some level of patience to enable leaders to effectively execute projects that would bring development and improve their lives.
He was also grateful to Socioserve-Ghana for organising the project in his district, confessing that such activities have always helped prepare his residents for major national exercises like the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections.
The Promoting Inclusiveness in Election 2016 programme is being implemented in five (5) rural constituencies namely Kwahu Afram Plains North and South in the Eastern Region and Krachi East, West and Nchumuru in the Volta Region.
The project aims at contributing towards free and fair participation of rural citizens in the November polls.
Source: GhanaWeb
