Amoah Calls For Unity In Akuapem South

-As Assembly fails to elect PM

The

Member of Parliament for Aburi-Nsawam, Osei Bonsu Amoah, has called on Assembly

members of the newly-created Akuapem South District to relegate their partisan

interest to the background and pursue peace and unity to ensure development in

the area.

According

to the MP, it would not serve the collective interest of the people if the

Assembly members allowed their partisan political interest to influence their decisions

and activities as champions of development in the area.

Mr

Amoah was addressing the Assembly members Wednesday at their maiden meeting

convened for the purpose of electing a Presiding Member.

“We

are just starting this Assembly and it is important that, as people who want to

see development in our communities, we have a peaceful start and work to

sustain it because that is the surest way we can speed up our development

agenda,” he appealed to the Assembly members.

In

spite of the MP’s admonition, the Assembly failed to elect a PM, as none of the

three candidates secured the mandatory 2/3 majority of the votes to occupy the

position after two rounds of voting supervised by the District Electoral

Officer, William Letu.

In

the first round of voting, Samuel Gamson polled 13 out of the votes cast by the

31 members; Eric Appeadu Yeboah secured 11 votes; while Michael Ahweren

garnered 6 votes. Seth Kofi Kumatse had

earlier stepped down from the race.

The

second round of voting between Samuel Gamson and Eric Appeadu Yeboah also

failed to produce a winner, as they secured 16 and 11 votes respectively, with

the higher votes still falling short of the mandatory 2/3 majority of the votes

cast.

Addressing

the Assembly after the exercise, the visibly worried Coordinating Director of the

newly-created District, I.K Acheampong, reminded the members of the cost

implication of voting several times without being able to elect a Presiding

Member.

Mr

Acheampong announced that in line with the Local Government Act, another

meeting would be convened in two weeks time to elect the PM.

He

urged the members to put the interest of the new Assembly above their personal

and sectional interest and do consultations among themselves ahead of the day

to ensure that the stalemate is broken when they meet again for the election.