Army preventing elected Assembly associates from MMDCE votes – Ofosu Ampofo alleges

Nationwide Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, has alleged that in certain Municipalities, Metropolitan areas and Zones, the military and other protection officers are being used to prevent some assembly members through having access to the auditorium in which the voting is taking place to execute their duties. Without mentioning areas where these happenings take place, he said “Only last Sunday in one area assembly when 38 individuals were supposed to go and recommend municipal, chief executive on Weekend some government appointees had been put together and one or a couple were added and army and security agencies supplied them escort to go plus approve somebody who has been hired as a DCE. ”He produced these claims when Previous President John Dramani Mahama met the Eastern Regional House associated with Chiefs as part of his thank-you tour on Tuesday, Oct 12. He stated that will “the elected assembly people were prevented from working out their constitutional right which is a sad commentary regarding local governance which for me personally is the heartbeat of the chiefs when it comes to the governance structures of this country. “It failed to happen in that place only, in several other places elected set up members are prevented also because the clause says that will two-thirds present and voting so they will he chosen members and cordoned away a few people and say these are the only people who came found voted and so somebody continues to be declared the DCE. “I think we are bastardizing the local government system and I can plead with the chiefs that will in your deliberations take these types of matters into consideration because our own democratic dispensation, the support beams upon which our democracy centers is the decentralization and the county system of which the chiefs are usually part. ”After eight weeks of being in office for your second term, the Leader of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo released checklist of individuals to occupy the particular MMDCE position at the numerous assemblies across the country. However , a few nominees are finding difficulty within getting their nomination authorized over issues they may have got with Assembly members. Resource: MyNewsGh. com/Michael Agyapong Agyapa/2021
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