{"id":2936,"date":"2024-08-20T18:38:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T18:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2024-08-20T18:38:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T18:38:47","slug":"peace-council-calls-on-political-parties-to-unite-for-peaceful-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/?p=2936","title":{"rendered":"Peace Council Calls on Political Parties to Unite for Peaceful Election&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"778\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/image-629-778x424-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/image-629-778x424-1.png 778w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/image-629-778x424-1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/image-629-778x424-1-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Peace Council has appealed to political parties to eliminate any animosity and agree to forge peace as the general elections approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This appeal follows the National Democratic Congress&#8217;s (NDC) declaration that it will not sign any peace pact ahead of the elections, arguing that issues that cause chaos must first be addressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"360\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 640 \/ 360;\" width=\"640\" controls src=\"https:\/\/uwordpressmedia.blob.core.windows.net\/uwordpressmedia01\/2024\/08\/Election-2024_-Peace-Council-meets-with-NDC-over-signing-of-peace-pact.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the council at a meeting, Mawuvi Bin Salin emphasised that peace should prevail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For us to be able to do that we will need your cooperation. For us to be able to do that we will need some amount of goodwill, [and] trust, for us members of the committee. So with that goodwill and trust we will be very much encouraged to do the best that we can,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Chairman of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, reiterated the party\u2019s stance not to commit to any peace pact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He outlined 6 conditions including having the President, Inspector-General of Police, Chief Justice, and Attorney General all sign the pact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Peace Council has appealed to political parties to eliminate any animosity and agree to forge peace as the general elections approach. This appeal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2937,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2936"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2939,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2936\/revisions\/2939"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sbmediaonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}