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Former Chief Executive Officer of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Samuel Sarpong, has appealed to assembly members to bury their political and parochial interests and elect a Presiding Member come Tuesday October 4.

According to him, the constant failure to elect a Presiding Member is impeding development in the metropolis, especially when there’s no substantive MCE for the assembly. An attempt by the KMA to elect a presiding member last week was marred by violence.

That was the eighth time they had failed to elect an Assembly Member. Speaking on Kumasi-based Radio Ghana, the former Ashanti Regional Minister, said the violence that has characterized the election of a Presiding Member in recent times is giving the assembly a bad image across the country.

“What is happening in KMA is very sad…I think Kumasi is getting a bad name so far as some of these issues are concerned,” he said.

Don’t disappoint us

He further charged the assembly members to ensure that they elect a Presiding Member at the next election on Tuesday, since the previous candidates have now stepped down to allow new nominees.

“The moment you are voted to be an assembly member, your main pre-occupation is to make sure that your electoral area develops; and without a presiding member, it actually stampedes the progress of development. I understand they are going to have another election on Tuesday and I’m appealing to them that this time round they shouldn’t disappoint us, they should elect a presiding member,” he added.

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