Let’s uphold peace, justice ahead of key repeat election

Since the electoral campaigns kicked off, peace messaging has been intensified. Different messages for peace have been crafted to address fears of political violence ignited by the elections. The civil society and constitutional state agencies have been in the forefront to ensure peace and cohesion before, during and after elections.

The efforts have not been easy, where in many cases the peace actors have been heavily criticised. The critique has been positive to the peacemakers in many ways. First, the public strongly asked for justice and not peace. According to this perspective, there can never be peace without justice.