Zanetor Rawlings, the Member of
Parliament-elect for Klottey Korle,0 has paid tributes to her father Jerry John
Rawlings after retaining her seat.
Zanetor told journalists she
wished her father was around to celebrate the victory with her.
“It is a mixture of feelings. I
wish my dad was here, but such is life,” the young MP who is mourning the death
of her father told the media.
Dr. Zanetor who is the incumbent
candidate managed to keep her seat after polling 39,343 out of 70,687 votes
cast.
The NPP candidate, Prince Appiah
Debrah, got 31,154 votes with the LPG garnering 190 votes.
In 2016, Dr. Zanetor Rawlings won with more than
33,000 votes representing 50.29% of the total votes.
Zanetor also promised to ensure that the constituency
moves from a swing one to a stronghold of the NDC.
“I believe that NDC will win both the presidential and
parliamentary elections in Klottey Korle. We are really setting the records
straight so that it changes from being a swing constituency to an NDC seat.”
Rawlings, the longest-serving Ghanaian leader died at the
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital on November 12, 2020.
So far, a date has not been fixed for the burial and funeral
of the NDC founder.
The funeral organizing committee set up by the government
announced December 23 as the day for the ceremony but the date has been
rejected by the Agbotui family and Anlo Traditional Council.
They say they have been sidelined in the arrangements for
Rawlings’s funeral.
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