President of the Ghana Charismatic and Pentecostal Council(GPCC), Reverend Prof. Paul Frimpong Manso, has welcomed the Police, caution ministers and devout pioneers against predictions as 2022 calls.
In a articulation on Monday, the Police said such predictions are likely to cause fear and freeze within the people.
Ahead of December 31 church administrations, which are more often than not held to check the conclusion of the year and to usher in a modern year, different devout pioneers report predictions, in some cases announcing the passing of people.
The Police say whereas flexibility of religion is ensured beneath the Structure, the communication of predictions of hurt, threat and passing by a few devout pioneers can cause pressure in society.
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Talking to JoyNews on Tuesday, Prof. Frimpong Manso lauded the Police for their proactiveness on the issue.
He moreover censured how a few ministers go approximately their predictions within the nation, including that “a few prophets, whether we like it or not, will make a few of us awkward [whereas] a few will donate us consolation.”
“When we conversation approximately policing, we are talking around peace, security and security of the masses, so in case there's anything that will bring peace, security and security, at that point they ought to be on board. So it’s great that they [the Police] have been proactive to a few of these things.”
“On the other hand, our Structure ensures flexibility of religion and flexibility of affiliation, but our flexibility ought to be inside the framework of the Structure. One’s opportunity ought to not influence another person’s flexibility of security and security,” he said.
Rev. Frimpong Manso assist expressed that his equip will persistently lock in the Police organization on the matter to deal with issues a few individuals of the clergy individuals may have.
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“To me, prescience isn't off-base but how we provide it – the fears and the dangers that are related with it. I studied one line [of the Police articulation] which gives me a few shape of reassurance that they are not against prediction, but in case you take after, within the last few a long time, most of the predictions that come, particularly at the December 31, is almost who will kick the bucket.”
“So what the Police is attempting to say is that we ought to be cautious, we ought to be ethical [and] we ought to handle a few of these things well.”
In the mean time, a private legitimate specialist, Kweku Paintsil, has depicted the articulation from the Police as unusual and not enforceable.
Concurring to him, any endeavors by the Police, through the state, to control the landscape of predictions will encroach on the rights to religion and flexibility of discourse.
“I truly have my questions in the event that there's a legitimate lawful premise for the Police explanation. The trouble around the police explanation, as I find it is by and large approximately the trouble of implementing discourse – what to say or what not to say. Wear’t disregard that we do not as it were have the criminal angle of it [but] we moreover have the respectful angle of flexibility of discourse.”
“Managing with these ones [predictions], we are indeed getting into otherworldly things, and the total thought of what some person is likely to say to find himself at risk in a criminal conviction for a explanation that he has made is very cloudy.
“The genuine issue is the capacity of the Police or any complainant to illustrate that any particular discourse or any particular explanation that anybody made made fear and freeze; it has not happened, to my information,” he contended.
In the interim, the Police said it is committed to guaranteeing most extreme security amid December 31 night benefit.
The Benefit too encouraged Ghanaians to be careful of the welfare of one other and act inside the law.
“The police wish to guarantee all devout associations that we are committed to guaranteeing the greatest security amid the 31st December night, conclusion of year administrations and past.”
“There ought to be no misgivings in this manner almost undertaking the different exercises,” the explanation dated December 27, 2021, famous.
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