{"id":6539,"date":"2019-12-02T13:17:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T13:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=6539"},"modified":"2019-12-02T13:17:29","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T13:17:29","slug":"breaking-akufo-addo-aborts-controversial-december-17-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/breaking-akufo-addo-aborts-controversial-december-17-referendum","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Akufo-Addo aborts controversial December 17 referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The controversial December 17 referendum has been cancelled, President Nana Akufo-Akufo has announced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The President addressing the nation on Sunday evening said the referendum has been postponed indefinitely due to divided opinions on the exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not believe this is a proper atmosphere for such an issue\u2026 It is with deep regret that I\u2019ve given the instruction to the local government minister to abort the process and see to the withdrawal of the bill\u201d, said in the President&#8217;s address monitored by\u00a0https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/ .<\/p>\n<p>The proposed amendment of the constitution was going to allow local government elections to be partisan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The controversial December 17 referendum has been cancelled, President Nana Akufo-Akufo has announced. 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