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