Representatives of four political parties on Tuesday outlined at a forum the roles their parties would play in ensuring peace before, during and after the election.
The parties were New Patriotic Party (NPP), Peoples National Convention (PNC), National Democratic Congress (NDC) and Democratic Freedom Party (DFP).
The representative of the Convention People's Party (CPP) failed to turn up at the forum organised by the Regional Peace Advisory Council for the parties, security services, the clergy and some government agencies on measures being taken to guarantee peace ahead of the general election.
The forum was under the theme: "Towards Peaceful Election, for Peace and Development of Ghana".
Dr. Agyenim Boateng, who spoke for the NPP, reiterated the party's commitment to peace during the electioneering period and after.
He said what attested to the party's commitment was the fact that it had through different programmes mobilised, sensitised and trained its youth on the need for them to conduct all activities in a peaceful manner.
"NPP is not ready for any violence but it stands for political tolerance and respect for multi-party democracy. The party is not reserved for a particular religion or tribe but it's all embracing", he stated.
Dr Agyenim Boateng said the fact that the constitution prevented chiefs from indulging in partisan politics did not mean they should remain unconcerned while some politicians made utterances that had the tendency to endanger the relative peace in the country.
He urged the media to be fair in their reportage and the Electoral Commission to remain neutral.
Mr. Akwasi Oppong Ababio, the Deputy Regional Secretary of the NDC, said there could not be peace in any environment where justice and fair play were relegated to the background.
"Security agencies must work within the confine of the law, the EC must not suffer manipulation, a level playing field must be accorded to all political parties and the media should avoid calling election, abuse of incumbency must be checked and politicians must avoid parochial interests", he added.
Mr. Joe Ghartey of the PNC and Mr. John Mpibiih of the DFP both reiterated the commitment of their parties to peace and expressed the hope that all other political parties would adhere to the election code of conduct for political parties, while avoiding the use of foul language.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Mr. Seth Charles Oteng, Regional Police Commander, said adequate security arrangements had been made for the success of the election.
Mr Oteng said no one would be molested, intimidated and harassed but cautioned that any one who attempted to infringe on the laws would not be spared.
Mr Oteng expressed concern about the failure of political parties to conform to provisions of the Public Order Act, saying most of them failed to notify the police about any social gathering or rally they intended to hold and called for a change in such attitude.
He appealed to all stakeholders to assist the police to achieve its goal of maintaining and sustaining the peace in the country.
Nana Adjei Ababio, Regional Peace Promotion Officer, called on Ghanaians to re-double efforts in ensuring that the poll would be held in a very peaceful environment.
He appealed to "personnel of the security agencies who would be on assignment on Election Day to be pro-active and to act with professional precision and expedition against any breaches of the law during and after the election".
Nana Adjei Ababio appealed to "all political parties to respect and abide by the commitments made in the code of conduct and fully co-operate with election officials to ensure peaceful and orderly elections".
He called on the Electoral Commission to exercise fair judgement or discretion in all matters concerning the conduct of the election in order to safeguard the integrity of the election.
"The Commission should exercise high integrity in the release of election results to eliminate suspicion and rumour associated with delays in the release of election results. We wish to reiterate the fact that Ghana's decision to adopt multi-party democracy did not and has not made us enemies of one another. Therefore, this year's election like all previous ones should not be associated with hatred, enmity, rancour ill-will and acts of hooliganism or violence", he said.
In an address read for him Monsignor Marfo Gyimah, Chairman of the Regional Peace Council, said peace was a vital ingredient for development and called on all Ghanaians, especially the security agencies and the political parties to play their part well towards the holding of a peaceful election.
He urged peace loving Ghanaians to be cautious of what they say and do as the nation prepared to go for the poll and not to allow themselves to be used to foment trouble by any group or individual.