The Wa Municipal Assembly (WMA) attempted to elect a Presiding Member (PM) for its newly inaugurated Assembly, but the two rounds of voting were unsuccessful.
On Monday, the Wa Municipal Electoral Commission, led by its Director Mr. Ben Alaglo, supervised the election after the Assembly's inauguration.
During the first round of voting, Mr. Siita Rauf, a PM aspirant for the WMA, received 21 votes out of 46 valid votes, while his contender, Mr. Daubile Alhassan Ibrahim, received 25 votes.
In the second round of voting, Mr. Siita Rauf received 23 votes, and Mr. Daubile Alhassan Ibrahim also received 23 votes out of 46 valid votes cast.
This result did not meet the legal requirement, which demands that a person must obtain at least two-thirds of the total members of the Assembly to be elected as a PM.
Both aspirants promised to bring a difference in leadership of the Assembly by ensuring that political division within the assembly was minimized, if not entirely bridged.
After the unsuccessful election of the PM, Pognaa Faati Korey, the Wa Municipal Coordinating Director adjourned the sitting to a later date within the next 10 days.