LOWER MANYA KROBO MUNICIPAL ASSEMBLY FAILED TO ELECT PRESIDING MEMBER FOR THE SECOND TIME

Hon. Assembly Members for the Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Assembly on 22nd February, 2024 held a special meeting at the conference hall of the Assembly.

The meeting was basically convened to elect Presiding Member of the Assembly. This followed the refusal to meet the required percentage immediately after Assembly was inaugurated. It has become imperative to call for this special meeting Ten (10) days after the first election per the Electoral Commission to elect the Presiding Member for the second time.

The Electoral Commission opened a nomination for members to file for the position and by closed of nomination, Hon. Philip Tetteh Batsa former Assembly Member for Agormanya South electoral area now government appointee was the only person who has filed. According to Electoral Commission, for a member to be elected as Presiding Member he or she must obtained votes of Two-thirds or more of the entire membership. Since the entire membership of the house is Forty-Seven (47) a contestant must obtained at least Thirty-Two (32) votes of the total votes cast. 

By closed of poles, Hon. Philip Tetteh Batsa had Twenty-Five (25) votes which is below the threshold.

The Municipal Assembly has yet to fix a date for another election  

BY: Abraham Tettey Wayo

MIO: Lower Manya Krobo

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