PANJIM: Rohit Monserrate and Sanjeev Naik are likely to be re-elected as Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) respectively as the elections to elect the new Mayor and his Deputy will be held at 11 am on Thursday, March 30.
Only one nomination each was received from Monserrate for the Mayor’s post and from Naik for the Deputy Mayor’s post.
Monserrate is likely to be declared elected for the third consecutive year swhile, Naik wil be re-elected for the second time.
Since there are no other contestants the duo are likely to be declared elected unopposed after scrutiny of their nominations on Thursday.
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.
