{"id":660408,"date":"2019-07-20T06:40:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T06:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Asawase Constituency, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak<\/strong><\/span> has said that he will retain the seat for his National Democratic Congress (NDC) after the 2020 gene"},"modified":"2019-07-20T06:40:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T06:40:57","slug":"i-will-retain-asawase-seat-for-ndc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/20\/i-will-retain-asawase-seat-for-ndc\/","title":{"rendered":"I will retain Asawase seat for NDC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Asawase Constituency, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak<\/strong><\/span> has said that he will retain the seat for his National Democratic Congress (NDC) after the 2020 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>Muntaka Mubarak made the remarks after he filed his nominations ahead of the party\u2019s parliament primaries on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asawase killings: Families cry for justice a year after incident. #CitiNewsroom\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OhjBjzOt450?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He told pressmen that recent developments within the party in the constituency could affect his chances of retaining the Asawase seat.<\/p>\n<p>There is controversy in the constituency over allegations of sabotage leveled against the constituency executives by supporters of one Mubarick Masawudu, who wants to unseat Muntaka Mubarak.<\/p>\n<p>But Muntaka said\u00a0party members with grievances to use the right structures to seek redress.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Alban Bagbin calls for unity in NDC after presidential primaries\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UymbHVUke2o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>If you have issues, \u201cuse internal mechanisms to resolve it. The party has a constitution, it has its rules and guidelines, when the party people decide that you have flouted rules, there are mechanisms to resolve it. You don\u2019t run to the media, when you do that, you are washing your dirty linen in public. I have never had doubt about my chances. I have paid my dues, I have served my people well. When you move around my constituency, you don\u2019t need to know that I have made a lot of sacrifices to serve our people,\u201d Muntaka said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Asawase Constituency Secretary of the NDC, Mugis Mahdi has said that the Muntaka Mubarak is the only person on the party\u2019s records to have filed his nomination to contest the parliamentary elections.<\/p>\n<p>At press time Mubarick Masawudu was unable to file his forms as he arrived in Accra with some supporters to file at the party headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say a deputy secretary at the Headquarters has refused to accept his nomination due to a supposed disciplinary action against him.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, he encountered a similar challenge at the Ashanti Regional office of the party when he arrived to submit the nomination.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI picked forms, today I\u2019m here to submit forms but it is unfortunate that the party office is closed although they are supposed to be working from morning to evening,\u201d Mubarick Masawudu said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Asawase Constituency, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak has said that he will retain the seat for his National Democratic Congress (NDC) after the 2020 general elections. Muntaka Mubarak made the remarks after he filed his nominations ahead of the party\u2019s parliament primaries on Friday. He told pressmen that recent developments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":660409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-660408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lifestyle"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I will retain Asawase seat for NDC - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/20\/i-will-retain-asawase-seat-for-ndc\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I will retain Asawase seat for NDC - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Asawase Constituency, Alhaji Muntaka Mubarak has said that he will retain the seat for his National Democratic Congress (NDC) after the 2020 general elections. 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