Time for both Govt. and Opp. to look beyond LG polls

THE Local Government elections may be long over but dramas are unfolding on a daily basis at different councils as the Government and the Opposition lock horns to gain control of them. While the NPP has managed to take control of 200 local authorities, there are ongoing disputes in cases where joint opposition groups have more seats than the ruling party or in some instances where the number of seats is tied.

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In several of the local authorities, the elections to elect a mayor or Chairman have turned into battlefields with heated exchange leading to the process being stopped halfway. In some bodies the elections have been postponed indefinitely amidst the melee.

Sadly, all this is happening under a Government that promised system change but what the public is witnessing at the local government level could be a snapshot of what would happen at the provincial council level too after elections slated for next year.