With General elections in the air, the Greater Grants Pen Ministers' Fraternal will be mounting a Unity March on Sunday, through the streets of Barbican and Grants Pen.

As part of efforts to ward off any possible election violence, the march comes as a spin-off of regular meetings initiated by the fraternal involving political candidates, the police and representatives from the fraternal. The Unity March is being supported by the Violence Prevention Alliance, a collaboration of a range of government and non-government agencies involved in promoting programmes that reduce violence in local communities.

The march will commence at 3:30 p.m. in Barbican Square, and follow a route along Barbican Road and through the Grants Pen community, eventually culminating at the Peace Park on Grants Pen Road. The march is aimed at sending a message to the community to let peace reign during the upcoming elections.

It is expected to attract a large crowd of members from the churches in the area, community-based groups and residents in a public show of support for peace and unity.

In a letter circulated to the 16 churches in the fraternal, churches were challenged to lead the way in the call to unity.

Church must lead

"We believe the Church must lead the way in demonstrating unity to our community and in calling our political representatives to do likewise," the letter stated.

Member of Parliament Delroy Chuck and People's National Party caretaker Hugh Thompson are expected to join the march and to address the gathering at designated stops along the route.