{"id":253579,"date":"2016-09-30T06:26:14","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T06:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=253579"},"modified":"2016-09-30T06:26:14","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T06:26:14","slug":"kma-presiding-member-election-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/kma-presiding-member-election-postponed\/","title":{"rendered":"KMA Presiding Member election postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"
Just when the people of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region thought they would finally elect a Presiding Member today [Friday], the election has been postponed to Tuesday.<\/p>\n
This is because there is currently no Judge in Kumasi to swear the Presiding Member into office after the elections. All the judges are in Accra for a programme.<\/p>\n
The Assembly has been without a Metropolitan Chief Executive and Presiding Member for several months and efforts to elect a new one on several occasions had ended in a deadlock.<\/p>\n
A few days ago, one of the main contenders agreed to step down from the race to allow for an easy election of a winner.<\/p>\n
KMA fails to elect Presiding Member after 8th try<\/strong><\/p>\n KMA last week failed to elect a Presiding Member for the assembly after eight elections<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Assemblyman, NDC serial caller trade blows at KMA<\/strong><\/p>\n Earlier on Tuesday, an Assembly member of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), Abdullah Muaza, traded blows with a National Democratic Congress (NDC) serial caller, during proceedings to elect a Presiding Member for the assembly.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n