The Electoral Commission (EC) has been asked to do everything to assuage the fear and suspicion of bias by all the political parties in the coming general election.

The Reverend Father John Opoku, Parish Priest of the Saint Paul’s Catholic Church at Amakom, Kumasi, said it must make sure that the various actors became satisfied with processes leading to the polls.

He was saying a thanksgiving mass to climax the “Feast of Saint Joseph, the Patron”, held by the Kumasi Archdiocesan Catholic Men’s Society.

He invited his colleague priests and church leaders to continue to counsel the congregation to desist from acts likely to generate political heat and plunge the nation into chaos before, during and after the elections.

He noted that this year’s election was critical to the consolidation of the peace and democratic path chosen by the people and there was the need for everybody to show responsibility.

Rev. Fr Opoku asked Catholic men to lead efforts at preaching the peace and said that was vital for socio-economic growth and the practice of religious freedom.

He also advised them to emulate St Joseph, the guardian father of Jesus Christ by treating their spouses and family in the same way Joseph did to Mary.

Sir Edward Prah, President of the International Council of Catholic Men, asked members of the Society to see St Joseph as role model and live by the values and principles he stood for.

The Most Rev Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi, in a message, urged the men to see themselves as God “appointees who are to witness and preach the god news of love, peace and salvation to the world”.

They should be strong in unity to proclaim the word of God in order to receive his salvation.