{"id":273077,"date":"2011-01-07T14:42:54","date_gmt":"2011-01-07T14:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=45390"},"modified":"2011-01-07T14:42:54","modified_gmt":"2011-01-07T14:42:54","slug":"dont-blame-government-for-lapses-in-district-assembly-election-majority-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/01\/07\/dont-blame-government-for-lapses-in-district-assembly-election-majority-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t blame Government for lapses in District Assembly Election &#8211; Majority Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_35999\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35999\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-35999\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/11\/21\/majority-leader-inaugurates-west-africa-parliamentary-press-corps\/cletus_avoka\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35999\" title=\"cletus_avoka\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/cletus_avoka-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35999\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr Cletus Avoka, Majority Leader<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMr Cletus Avoka, Majority Leader in Parliament has stated that  Government could not be blamed for the lapses associated with the recent  District Assembly Election.<br \/>\nSpeaking to the Ghana  News Agency on Thursday, the Majority Leader who is also the Member of  Parliament for Zebilla West Constituency, explained that under no  circumstance should government be blamed since it approved and allocated  funds to the Electoral Commission {EC) which constitutionally mandated  to carry on with electoral functions.<br \/>\nMr Avoka said; \u201cEven  though Government regret the inconvenience caused especially during the  festivities, it should not be held accountable for the cause of the  problem since it performed its duty as expected by approving funding for  the programme\u201d.<br \/>\nHe indicated that the EC\u2019s acceptance to  the fact it had no problem with funding was a clear testimony that  government had voted money for the exercise and indicated that the  hiccups could be attributed to the creation of new electoral areas which  had its own technical problem as indicated by the Chairman of the EC,  Dr Kwadwo Afari Djan.<br \/>\nMr Avoka cited for instance that the  petition issued by the opposition party summoning Parliamentarians who  were on holiday back to parliament to explain  the problem during the  District Assembly Election as unnecessary.<br \/>\nHe said whilst  the EC was addressing the problem, it should be allowed as an  independent body to carry out its mandatory duties and should not be  interfered with stressing that this was not the first time the District  Assembly Election was postponed or had faced challenges.<br \/>\nMr  Avoka indicated that in 2006 under the New Patriotic Party  Administration a similar incident occurred and the election was  postponed and the problem redressed.<br \/>\nHe called on the EC to  work harder to restore the confidence that had been bestowed on it at  both the national and international levels by averting such unfortunate  circumstance in future.<br \/>\nMr Avoka, who was in his  constituency to explain government policies to the people, visited  traditional rulers and briefed them about the work of Parliament.<br \/>\nHe  assured the Chiefs and people in the constituency that government had  more development projects and programmes to be implemented in the  country including the provision of potable drinking water and  infrastructural development such as schools, health facilities and  construction of more roads among others.<br \/>\nHe also interacted  with newly elected assembly members and entreated them to cooperate and  work together to ensure acceleration of development in the district and  the region as a whole, stressing that \u201cas assembly members you should  consider the development of the district ahead of partisan interest.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr Cletus Avoka, Majority Leader in Parliament has stated that Government could not be blamed for the lapses associated with the recent District Assembly Election. 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