A senior clergy of the Catholic Church, Father Lawrence Azure, has commended Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia for showing exemplary leadership in ensuring political tolerance and cohesion.
Father Azure, also the Dean of the Bolgatanga Deanery of the Navrongo-Bolgatanga Diocese, lauded the Vice President for "taking politics to a new level."
Dr Bawumia received the commendation when he led a government delegation and New Patriotic Party (NPP) officials to mourn with Mr Isaac Adongo, the National Democratic Congress Member of Parliament (MP) for Bolga Central, when he buried his late mother on Saturday.
The MP had been an ardent critic of the Vice President, but ironically, some of his friends have nicknamed him "Bolga Bawumia".
In a brief sermon, Father Azure said Vice President Bawumia's presence at the funeral was a clear manifestation of political maturity.
He said: "Who would have thought or believed that Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia would attend the funeral of the man who has been attacking him?”
"This clearly shows that politics is a contest of ideas, not fights and bloodshed.”
"Vice President Bawumia has really taken politics to a new level".
Hundreds of mourners from both sides of the political divide, including former President John Dramani Mahama, current and former ministers and MPs attended the funeral, held in Bolgatanga.
Vice President Bawumia was accompanied by Madam Paulina Abayage, the Upper East Regional Minister, and other government and NPP officials.
Source: GNA
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I know the foo*ools, and those lazy ones will attack this clergy but the most High God who knows every hidden thing under the sun knows these idi**ots who are here denigrating because of hate and enviness because they have no one in their party so brilliant and civil like our Vice president and God the Most high will deal with them.I'm even surprised Adongo go to church and do things that the Lord hate. Ndc will rot in opposition we are the people and the majority . Obiaa ny3 obiaa !
INTERESTING TO READ THIS. IF I MAY ASK, IS THIS THE FIRST TIME POLITICAL OPPONENTS HAVE SHOWN RESPECT AND SYMPATHIES TO THEIR COLLEAGUES? HAVENT POLITICIANS SHOWN TOLERANCE TO EVEN ORDINARY MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY WHO HAPPEN TO BE THEIR ARDENT CRITICS? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS CLERGY IS A STRANGER IN GHANA POLITICS AND IS JUST BEGINNING TO SWIM DEEP INTO OUR GHANAIAN POLITICS SPHERES WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF IT. WAS THIS CLERGY TAKING THE SACRAMENTO IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL BASILICA IN ROME AND FOR THAT MATTER DID NOT SEE JOHN MAHAMA RECENTLY HUGGING MENSAH OTABIL WHO HAPPENS TO BE HIS (JOHN) NUMBER ONE CRITIC FROM THE CHRISTIAN FRATERNITY? I THINK I NEED TO TELL THE PAPA (POPE) TO LET YOU OPEN YOUR EYES NEXT TIME EVEN WHEN YOU ARE TAKING THE SACRAMENTO IN THE ECCLESIASTICAL BASILICA IN ROME SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING BACK IN GHANA. OK?
***barred word*** licking clergies.....you saw nothing wrong with the numerous insults and immaturities the this braggart VP has been jshowcasing but you’re quietly raise the flag cuz he mourn with a political opponent. True ***barred word*** kissers t