Parliamentary hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the Akwatia by-election, Bernard Bediako Baidoo, has assured that the constituency will not experience chaos during and after the polls.
He noted that the concluded campaigns of both parties going into the polls has so far been peaceful and cited this as a sign of a peaceful electoral process.
“Elections are opinion sharing because this is not the first time we are going to the polls, and it will continue to come. In one way or the other everyone relates to one another – by work or friends, but for the sake of partisanship, everyone belongs to a political party.
“Both parties, NPP and NDC, have met on campaign grounds, but we didn’t record any incidents of crash or violence because we in Akwatia understand ourselves in a peaceful manner,” he said on Angel TV on Monday, September 1, 2025.
The NDC candidate promised an incident-free exercise, emphasising that both contenders vying for the vacant seat are peace advocates.
“There has been a lot of commentaries on this particular election, enabling you outsiders to panic that Akwatia will be this and that…. Akwatia will not turn into anything. Not everyone in Akwatia is into politics, so if they cause mayhem in the area, where would they go? So we understand ourselves and have completed various campaigns for the election tomorrow.
“We will go out to vote peacefully, count peacefully, declare the results peacefully, and leave as one people because we seek development at the end of the day.”
Lawyer Baidoo added that he shared a strong personal relationship with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) candidate, Solomon Kwame Asumadu, beyond politics, stressing that the by-election would not destroy what they had built over the years.
“At the end of the day, both of us are thinking about the development of Akwatia,” he added on the Angel Morning Show on Monday, September 2, 2025.
