The new inaugurated Keta Municipal Assembly in the Volta Region has failed to elect a presiding member for the assembly.

The Presiding Member (PM) when elected, would superintend over the proceedings and discussions of the house on the progress, and developmental issues of their Assembly.

Mr. Rodger Avorgbedor, an Electoral Commission Officer at Keta, during the inaugural ceremony held at the Keta Municipal Assembly Hall, stated that the Assembly would hold another election within 10 days.

“None of the two candidates who contested were able to accumulate their required two-thirds of the votes of the house, as stated by Section 17 of the Local Governance Act 2016 (Act 936).”

He said the Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) and the Member of Parliament (MP) were considered members of the assembly but only the MCE has voting rights according to the Local Governance Law.

The candidates Mr Wisdom Seadey, a businessman, who is also the NDC Chairman of keta and Mr. Promise Kofi Baccah, a teacher by profession, gathered 20 and 13 votes respectively.

Mr Rojah satated that the Act further explained that where either of the two candidates  fails to obtain the votes of two-thirds of all assembly members on two consecutive run-offs held within 10 days after the first run off, the two candidates shall be put aside for a fresh  nomination,

“Where fresh nomination is to be held, all the persons who presented themselves for the election as presiding members are not eligible to present themselves for fresh nominations.

They also express optimism that the Assembly members would give them the nod in the next election for the presiding member position.

Meanwhile some assembly members believed that one of the candidates would win in the next encounter for the house to begin sitting for developmental works.