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March 30, 2022
The NPP Member of Parliament (MP) for Akim Oda, Mr Alexander Akwasi Acquah, says protestors who besieged his house in the early hours of Monday, were only there to echo to his recent calls for the party’s executives to swiftly look into some misunderstandings that characterised the recently held polling station elections in the constituency.
The protestors, on Monday, besiege one of the MP’s homes in Akim Oda, after what they referred to as the party’s failure to either annul or otherwise, results of the recently held polling station elections.
The group says, it had earlier planned to block the MP from leaving his home to attend to parliamentary duties, in an attempt to get immediate answers to their questions.
The obviously furious party members also made a passionate appeal to its regional and national leadership to settle all matters regarding the election to help restore calm and normalcy in the constituency.
Speaking in an interview with Kumasi-based Kesseben FM, the soft-spoken MP described the situation as unfortunate, but added that, the move only served as an avenue for the group to voice out its longstanding grievances and also press home their demands.
According to him, he sees the unusual demonstration, organised by the party folks as a direct confirmation of their firm stance to ensure equity in the electoral process.
He bemoaned the constituency chairman’s active role in the current tension, insisting that, the chairman’s interference and premeditated plan to bend the rules and guidelines of the election, is the cause of the current turmoil.
He, however, pledged to do everything within his power as the MP to help protect the rules and guidelines binding all electoral processes, especially at the constituency level, and also ensure that no one manipulates the will of the people.
He concluded by seizing the opportunity to express his readiness and desire to work with any person or group that is legitimately elected to various polling centres across the constituency.
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