Indications are that, the attack on the\u00a0Adeiso District Assembly over the weekend by some youth, believed to be affiliated with the New Patriotic Party, was premeditated.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, the Eastern Regional Minister, Eric Kwakye Darfour, said information available to him pointed to the fact that, the angry youth lay in wait to wreak havoc.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”jJgE0ZF8xhL3XrJvpPeI3xz3F7XUPe6B”]\u201cIt appears the youth in the town, or some people had been mobilized to surround the vicinity of the area, the premises where they were voting, to the extent that if the NPP candidate did not sail through, then hell should break loose. So that is what happened, and there was commotion and all kinds of violent disturbances.\u201d<\/p>\n The angry youth, known as the Party Royals, besieged the Pentecost Church where the election was taking place, and assaulted\u00a0some Assembly Members after their preferred candidate did not get the required two-thirds of votes for the\u00a0position of Presiding Member.<\/p>\n The two contestants were tied at 19 votes apiece, and the Electoral Commission announced a break ahead of an expected second round of voting when the youth stormed the venue and seized ballot boxes.<\/p>\n The fact that the youth were fueled by some partisan leanings came as no surprise\u00a0to the\u00a0Minister.<\/p>\n “It is no secret that when it comes to such matters, people would want to rally behind their parties and take a decision, and therefore, the decision was between the District Chief Executive\u2019s favourite and the constituency chairman\u2019s favourite,\u201d Mr.\u00a0Kwakye Darfour stated.<\/p>\n