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Non-partisan elections at local level need rethink – Quartey
Government position He said the government’s position on the Committee’s report of December 2025 of electing Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executive (MMDCEs), retaining a non-partisan local government and continuing to appoint a third of Assembly members was untenable and had to be looked at again.
Implication Mr Quartey said an implication of the government’s position on the December 2025 Committee’s report was that accountability of local government leaders, something Ghanaians yearned for, would not be realised with those appointed being accountable only to the appointee.
It was on the theme, “Constitutional Reform and Democratic Decentralisation in Ghana: The Way forward for Local Governance”.
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