PANJIM: The elections to the post of Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) Mayor and the Deputy Mayor are likely to be held by end of this month.
“Last year, the elections were held on March 30. So this year also the elections are likely to be held by the end of the month,” a senior official of the CCP told O Heraldo.
The sources said that it is likely that Rohit Monserrate and Sanjeev Naik will be re-elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the CCP.
If re-elected, then it will be fourth consecutive term for Rohit Monserrate as a Mayor and second term for Sanjeev Naik as Deputy Mayor.
As per the CCP Act, the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor are to be elected every year. In the CCP elections held in March 2021, the panel supported by Revenue Minister Atanasio `Babush’ Monserrate had swept the elections by winning 25 seats in the 30-Member Corporation.
Last year, Rohit Monserrate and Sanjeev Naik were re-elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP), respectively. Only one nomination each was received from Monserrate for the Mayor’s post and from Naik for the Deputy Mayor’s post. The elections were held on March 30, 2023,
