The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Ayawaso West Municipal Assembly has ahead of the December 17, 2019 referendum poll decided to host a durbar on Tuesday 26th of November 2019.
According to Hon. Sandra Owusu Ahinkorah, the durbar is to be used to interact with the public and the residents in her municipal Assembly on the proposed amendment of the law that will give the electorates the power to elect their MMDCEs.
Speaking to Peacefmonline.com, the Ayawaso West MCE said that the occasion will be used to explain to the people of her Municipal Assembly the meaning of 'Yes' and "No' vote and thus, the need for them to vote for 'Yes' on December 17, 2019.
The intended venue for the durbar on 26th November 2019 is La Bawaleshie School Park at 2 pm.
"I will use the occasion to interact with the public and residents of my Assembly on the proposed amendment of the constitution that will now give electorates the power to select their MMDCEs", she averred.
She reiterated that "I look forward to seeing all of you who believe in deepening our democracy"’
She says this referendum is not about voting 'Yes' for the president to continue to appoint MMDCEs but rather allowing the review of article 243(1) currently before parliament that will take away the President's power to appoint.
"It is whether it should be contested on the partisan basis or not is what we are voting for", she explained.
She, however, assured that the durbar will be a very fruitful interaction, hoping that her residents will vote emphatic 'Yes' on December 17, 2019.
Source: Daniel Adu Darko/Peacefmonline.com/[email protected]
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IN DEFENCE OF A *NO VOTE* IN THE DECEMBER REFERENDUM Those who have the privilege of working at the District Assembly level would tell you that politicisation at that level currently is not good. It would be worse when political parties are directly involved in who becomes an Assembly Member, for instance. Staff posted to the Assemblies are finding it very difficult to function effectively because of partisan politics. Example if you are the Finance officer in any District Assembly; 🕸DCE is on your neck 🕸NPP constituency chairman is on your neck 🕸MP is on your neck 🕸Opposition party chairman is on your neck They all want to have big bite of Ghana's money. Voting YES may not be good for mother Ghana. Moreover under the current dispensation, everyone of a sound mind can contest District Assembly elections. For instance the Constitution prevents certain classes of workers from engaging in partisan politics. Civil servants, those in the Security services, etc are examples. If any of these classes of workers want to stand for political positions, they need to resign. The advantage of the current dispensation is that these classes of workers mentioned above are free to stand for elections at the Assembly level. So voting YES in the referendum automatically takes this right away from these workers. Meaning if a public servant wants to contest for District Assembly elections they need to resign from the public service. J. Addo ([email protected]). Chartered Management Accountant.