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Ablekuma-North: Presiding Officer lays down his tools, re-collation suspended  
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Ablekuma-North: Presiding Officer lays down his tools, re-collation suspended  

Mr Vincent Obeng, the Presiding Officer for the Ablekuma-North Constituency, says he cannot continue with the re-collation of the disputed parliamentary results due to "frustration" and chaos that has characterised the exercise.  The EC on Wednesday suspended the re-collation exercise for Ablekuma-North for the fifth consecutive time after hours of altercation over the validity of the statement of results sheets for the collation.   The results for three polling stations are outstanding.   The EC cannot declare the results unless the remaining three are verified and added to the tabulated results.  The Commission said it would communicate its next line of action in due course.  The EC has been relying on the scanned copies of the statement of re...
Darkoa Newman appeals for support as she seeks re-election 
Politics

Darkoa Newman appeals for support as she seeks re-election 

Ms Darkoa Newman, incumbent Member of Parliament for Okaikwei South, has appealed to her constituents to vote for her in the December 7, 2024, parliamentary elections, to continue an unfinished business.  She said in the past four years she had lobbied for developmental projects such as asphalting of roads, construction of school blocks and other educational facilities and construction of astro turfs for recreation, among others.   Ms Newman, who is also the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection is seeking re-election for the second time after she successfully entered parliament in 2020 as one of the 40 female MPs and the 29 who secured the candidature of their respective parties' primaries.  She emerged as one of the prominent political figures repres...
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