By Agnes M. Tarr
Barely four months to the mid-term elections in the country, the Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) Bong county chairman, Representative Josiah Melvin Cole says Bong County will not create another by-election following the mid-term election.
Rep Cole assertion was in response to plan by some sitting lawmakers to contest in the upcoming mid-term elections.
He said the participation of sitting lawmakers would create a financial burden on the government amidst the ongoing health and economic crisis.
“We have come today to send the message and send it very clear, and let the oppositions in Bong County realize, that there is no more vacancy for by-election in Bong County no more”, Rep Cole asserts.
The Bong County lawmaker added that decision to participate in the pending election by some sitting lawmakers would be a stab in the back of the government whose pro-poor agenda is to improve the living standards of its people.
He made the statement on Wednesday July 29, 2020 in Bong County during the Coalition for Democratic Change primary region # 4, where Senator Henry Yallah won the CDC primary on white ballot.
The CDC Bong County Chairman however called on citizens of the county to take decisions that would improve their lives, instead of conducting one election after another with the country’s resources that is intended to improve its citizenry.
Making remark at the ceremony, CDC candidate Yallah branded Moye as ‘greedy politician’ who is not sensitive to the country current economic crisis, and as such does not deserve the people’s votes.
Senator Yallah than caution his citizenry not to allow ‘greedy people’ to take the mantle of authority, noting that by doing so they will be planting the seed of wickedness in the county.
Rep. Prince Moye is a contender in the county, serving his second term mandate at the House of Representatives, who have had several consultations with citizens of the county aimed at opposing incumbent senator Henry Yallah in 2020 elections.
Despite Representative Cole opposition, there is no law that prevent sitting lawmakers from contest any election while in office.
