The assemblies are the Asene-Manso-Akroso District and
the New Juaben South Municipal assemblies.
Asene-Manso-Akroso
Our reporter, Samuel Kyei-Boateng, reports that the
election of a presiding member for the Asene-Manso-Akroso District ended in a
stalemate as none of the three contestants secured the two-thirds of the 33
valid votes cast.
The incumbent Presiding Member for the district, Enoch
Ofori Aiden, secured 16 votes during the first round of balloting while his two
challengers, Alfred Nyarko Baiden, the Assembly Member for Tabita/ Badukrom had
12 votes, with Nana Owusu Ansah, an Assembly Member for Akyem Akroso, obtaining
five votes.
During the second round of voting, Mr Aiden polled 17
votes while Mr Baiden secured 16 votes.
Electoral Officer
The District Electoral Officer, Madam Abena Owusu, who
supervised the election, adjourned proceedings with the explanation that the
next election could be held within the next 10 days.
The District Chief Executive (DCE), Alex Incoom, who
addressed the assembly members, announced that the election would be conducted
again on Friday, April 8, 2022.
He advised the assembly members to endeavour to elect
a presiding member at the assembly’s next sitting to save cost and also to
enhance the smooth administration of the assembly.
New Juaben South
In a related development, Haruna Yussif Wunpini
reports from Koforidua that the New Juaben South Municipal Assembly in the
Eastern Region also failed to elect a Presiding Member (PM).
Neither of the two candidates who stood for the
elections, Rapture Botwe, the incumbent, and his challenger, Nana Yaw Debrah,
an Assembly Member for the Asuofiriso Electoral Area, secured the required
two-thirds of the total votes cast for the position.
After two rounds of voting last Thursday at Koforidua,
Mr Botwe had 28 votes while Nana Debrah obtained 22 votes in the first
election.
In the second election, both Mr Botwe and Nana Debrah
secured the same number of 25 votes.