{"id":1062760,"date":"2022-04-21T10:21:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T10:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/21\/tackling-political-polarisation-politicians-must-show-way-bishop-dr-okpoti-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T10:21:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T10:21:46","slug":"tackling-political-polarisation-politicians-must-show-way-bishop-dr-okpoti-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/21\/tackling-political-polarisation-politicians-must-show-way-bishop-dr-okpoti-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Tackling Political Polarisation: Politicians Must Show Way \u2013Bishop Dr Okpoti | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Interim Superintendent of the Holy Apostolic Reformed Church of Ghana (HARC), Bishop Dr Thomas Okpoti, has urged Members of Parliament (MPs) to demonstrate unity in their dealings in the House on issues of national interest.<br \/>He said in spite of the highly polarised political environment, politicians must learn to compromise when negotiating about policies bordering on the country\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe polarisation in Parliament is becoming so intense that some of us are so afraid that if we are not careful, this nation will be thrown apart but I believe some arguments are irrelevant when it comes to the future of Ghanaians and what is going on in Parliament is not helping anyone of us,\u201d he said in an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra last Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Unity<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the COVID-19 pandemic knew no political or ethnic colour when it attacked the country hence the need for the country to be united in order to recover from the adverse effects of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne thing we must understand is that a virus came upon us and attacked us, it came without any ethnic or partisan colour and so for us to overcome it, we do not need partisan colours, we have to be united.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if the people up there cannot give us an example of unity, then we will be divided against one another,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Exhortation<\/p>\n<p>In an exhortation on the theme: \u201cHis Blood\u201d, Bishop Dr Okpoti, who premised his message on the book of John 19: 24, said Christians must learn to keep their inner self as clean and seamless as the inner garment of Jesus Christ who sacrificed his life for them.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cGhanaians must become as seamless as the inner garment of Christ and lines of division should not be seen among us,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>He further urged the government to formulate policies to help low income earners while calling on affluent Christians to help deprived individuals in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: graphiconline.com<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. 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