{"id":125556,"date":"2015-06-17T06:32:32","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T06:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=125556"},"modified":"2015-06-17T12:55:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-17T12:55:25","slug":"gja-sacks-ashanti-region-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=125556","title":{"rendered":"GJA sacks Ashanti Region president"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) has asked its Ashanti Regional President, Listowel Yesu Burkason not to return to his position after he contested in the New Patriotic Party\u2019s parliamentary primaries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;oNrzq9fTx4hz6TzvEI8mY4fWcwOx4EEo&#8221;]Listowel Yesu Burkason was one of the two aspirants in the Builsa North who contested Saturday polls but lost.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, National President of the GJA, Affail Monney said Mr Burkason seizes to be the leader of the Ashanti Regional branch of the Association.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Listowel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-125564 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Listowel.jpg\" alt=\"Listowel\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Listowel.jpg 480w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Listowel-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe cannot do politics while occupying the position as the regional chairman of the Ghana Journalist Association. Burkason is no more the regional chairman of the GJA in the Ashanti Region and the mantle falls on the Vice Chairman to act as chairperson till fresh elections are held held in the Ashanti Region for his replacement,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Affail Monney noted that though it is constitutional for the association\u2019s president to divert into politics he argued that it is unethical for him to be holding on to his position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin A. 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