DEMO AGAINST MMDCE's IS LAWLESS-Adjei Darko

Former Local Government Minister in the erstwhile Kufuor government, Kwadwo Adjei- Darko, has described as unlawful the behavior of some National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters who demonstrated  against the elections of Metropolitan Municipal District Chief Executives (MMDCEs).

 

“Its complete lawlessness to hit the streets to demonstrate against any MMDCE, if you are party member and you feel your MMDCE is not doing well tell your Assembly member so that he or she can vote against the person when he is brought before them to be confirmed”, he added.

Mr. Adjei –Darko noted that NDC supporters have always been demonstrating against MMDCEs but those MMDCEs are always confirmed by the Assembly members that are sent there by the people.

He called on the media not to give much attention to  people calling for  dismissal  of MMDCEs and appealed to them to educate people on laid down procedures in presenting petitions.

The Programmes Officer for CDD Ghana, Paul Mensah Aborampah has disclosed that, the attitude of NDC members against the President's nominees was worrying.

According to him, the behavior being put up by some supporters of the NDC is against the laws of the land and it must be stopped.
He said when this happens the MMDCEs feel uneasy working in the constituency which compels them to do the biding of the party supporters instead of working for the people in the district.

He was speaking on the recent agitations by NDC supporters against elections of MMDCEs and how it can affect the government. He said the behavior being put up by party supporters can worry the President in ruling the country.

“This will only put pressure on the DCEs when they begin to work and it can have effect on the development of the area”, he added.

“We were worried when the former President Mills said DCEs should open their doors for the foot soldiers and give them jobs. We wrote a press release against it because we believe every Ghanaian should get a job not foot soldiers alone."

Mr. Aborampah reiterated calls for the election of MMDCEs to ensure accountability. 

"There has been many research concerning the Assemblies and the DCEs which the President is privy to, so he can go through and get competent people for the various Assemblies", he declared. 

By: Vivianna Mensah, Sunyani