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The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has urged fresh dialogue between the police and political party executives in the Ayawaso East Constituency to ensure that last Sunday’s clash is not repeated.
NPP parliamentary candidate for the Constituency, Peter Mireku said even though calm has returned to the area after police intervention, another round of talks with the political actors would help.
He said as a party, the NPP has shown its commitment to the maintenance of the peace in the country and brought that to bear during the clash.
"We will continue to do so, we will continue to speak to our members as well and we keep telling them the importance of keeping calm and peace," he said.
Mr Mireku made these remarks during an exclusive interview with Joy News on Thursday.
Supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and NPP clashed last week Sunday at Nima close to the residence of NPP flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The cause of the incident is not known since functionaries of the two parties are blaming supporters of the other for the clash.
President John Mahama has said the Nima police were not in the position to properly arrest the issue because they were not briefed with the right information.
He promised that as the Commander-in-chief, he would do his best to ensure that the peace in the country is maintained before, during and after the polls.
Ayawaso East Constituency executives of the two dominating parties were invited by the police for briefing and urged to keep the peace of the area.
Mr Mireku said the NPP is doing its best to desist from violence, adding the police has to find out if the other political parties are ready to do same.
"They [police] have spoken to us, but they need to invite us again to hammer on the importance of whatever they put before us when we met them," he said.
"On my side I will do my best to speak to my people," he promised.
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, John Kudalor has admitted the police failed to adequately contain the clash between the NDC and NPP supporters.
He said the police could have averted the incident had his men been properly briefed.
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