Only Parliament can decide-Adjaho

The Majority Chief Whip and the Member of Parliament for Avenor, Mr Edward Doe Adjaho, has stated that it should not be the responsibility of district assemblies to discuss the issue of the non-partisan or partisan nature of District Assemblies elections but must be left to Parliament to decide.

He, therefore, described as misplaced the President’s call on the assemblies to tackle the vexed question of the non-partisan nature of the elections. Mr Adjaho expressed the sentiment in a chat with the newsmen on Monday, after the President’s inaugural address of newly elected Akatsi District Assembly members.

The Regional Minister, Mr Kwesi Owusu-Yeboa, delivered the address on the President’s behalf. In the President’s inaugural address, he observed that during the recent District Assembly elections, it became clear, if there were ever any doubt, that the concept of non-partisan elections at the local level was a charade.

The President added that, “If we are to nurture future national politicians, then it is important they learn right from the start how to conduct politics.”

The President noted that comments that had been made by various people seemed to suggest that the non-party elections constituted a huge exercise in self-deception, as it appeared the political parties sponsored candidates unofficial anyway, and held the view that it was time it was made official