"I am optimistic that the NPP will win the election but if the reverse happens, I will be the first to publicly concede and congratulate the winner," Mr Frimpong assured a 13-member committee on code of conduct on vigilantism and elections-related violence of the National Peace Council in Accra on Tuesday.

"The NPP stands for peace and will never do anything to derail or destroy the peace and stability in the country," he said.
He said the party had always stood for peace and that position had not changed but said no one had the right to destroy the country's electoral process.

The committee paid a working visit to the party's headquarters at Asylum Down, Accra, to have open and frank discussions on some of the concerns of the party ahead of December polls.

The committee was formed in 2020 to monitor compliance with the code of conduct and roadmap on vigilantism and related offences.

However, its activities were stalled due to financial constraints and reconstituted on July 3, 2024.

It is co-chaired by Dr Emma Birikorang of the Kofi Annan Peace Keeping Training Centre and has representatives from the NPP, the NDC, National Security, the Ghana Police Service, the Electoral Commission, the Institute for Democratic Governance, the Small Arms Commission, the Progressive People's Party, the Trades Union Congress, the International Republican Institute and the West African Network for Peacebuilding.

Among its objectives is to monitor compliance with the code of conduct by political parties as endorsed by both the NPP and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Beyond parties

Mr Frimpong urged the council to look beyond political parties and focus on the media and other non-state actors including pastors and prophets whose utterances could be more devastating than that of political parties.

Also, he made a passionate appeal to the council to shift from its "underground" and behind-the-scenes mediation and begin to name and shame those who want to foment trouble.

Chairman 

The Chairman of the committee, Maulvi Mohammed Bin Salih said the concerns of the party were already being addressed as several engagements had been rolled out to meet all actors in the political space.

He called for a united front to tackle hate speech and embrace diversity because "there's beauty in diversity."

The chairman was happy that both the NPP and the NDC, at separate engagements, agreed that there were rough edges that needed to be worked on before the election which no one needed to pretend about.