ASHANTI REEWARG INAUGURATED

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The Ashanti Regional Elections Early Warning and Response Group, REEWARG has been launched in Kumasi. 

It is the first of regional groups after the National Group launched late last month in Accra. REEWARG is set up with the primary objective to discuss, develop and recommend response strategies to violent threats in this year’s general elections. 

The Regional Group is expected to be a source of information on the impact and progress of the National Early Warning System in the country. 

The Regional Peace Council will take the lead in the functions of the group comprised of board members of the Council and other eminent persons from relevant state and non-state institutions to complement government efforts in the prevention and mitigation of violence before, during and after the general elections.

 Launching the Regional Group, the Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante said Ghana’s democratic credentials are respected the world over in view of the fact that the country seems to be the oasis of peace in the West Africa sub-region where conflict and political upheavals are endemic. 

He said the elections this year present another litmus test to the country’s peace and democracy.

 However, Most Rev. Professor Asante noted that current trends are indicative of the fact that there is a cloud of uncertainty with possible threats to the peaceful democratic transitions and national stability.

 The Ashanti Regional has also been identified as one of the hot spots for violence and conflict by political and security analysts and experts. 

It is against this background that a Regional Elections Early Warning and Response Group has been established in Ashanti. 

He urged the eminent members of the Group to be vigilant and do their best to contribute to the peaceful conduct of the elections. 

The Regional Minister, John Alexander Ackon recalled the Afro barometer report in 2014 which revealed that the confidence of Ghanaians in key institutions of state is waning. 

He noted however that this trend needs to be arrested in the interest of Ghanaians and was hopeful that the launch of the Regional Elections Early Warning and Response Group will go a long way to increase people’s confidence in such institutions.

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