Reverend Monsignor Anthony Kornu, a member of the Volta Regional Peace Promotion Council on Wednesday advised politicians not to capitalize on the poverty and ignorance levels of their supporters to incite them into violence.
He gave the advice when the Council met chairmen and representatives of all the Political parties in the region in Ho to discuss and deliberate on the need for peaceful elections on December 7, this year.
The aim and objective of the Council, formed in 2007, among others was to foster co-operation among all stakeholders in peace building in the country.
Rev Monsignor Kornu who is also the Vicar-General of the Ho Diocese of the Catholic Church said "the time has come for a matured politics devoid of rancour, lies, mudslinging and insults".
He said nobody can govern a country plagued with violence and chaos and called on Ghanaians to see peace building as a national duty.
Mr Ernest Yao Gaewu, a Lawyer and a member of the Council appealed to Politicians to refrain from inflaming the passion of their supporters with their "political talks" which he said was a recipe for violence and chaos.
Mr Manfred Nuku-Dei, Regional Secretary of the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) who represented his party said the DFP would play the role of a chief watchman during the December 7 election.
He said the 'so-called big parties' would not be allowed to play tricks to gain advantage over the others.
Mr Linus V. Fianyo, the Convention Peoples Party's (CPP) representative appealed for fair play and called on all the parties to go by the rules, adding that "an election is like a competition for which there must be a winner and a looser".
Mr Modestus Ahiable, Volta Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said "peace does not flow by itself, but we must work for it by ensuring that justice and fair play prevail".
Mr Charles Gadotor, a representative of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) said though all competitions called for struggle, Ghanaians should not allow those struggles to degenerate into violence.
Mr Bernard Dery, Volta Regional Police Commander reiterated his call on all political parties to refrain from using so called "macho men" as the Police administration was ready to provide all Presidential and Parliamentary candidates with the needed security.