Electoral Act Amendment: PDP kicks against ‘imposition of processes’
Main opposition, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has kicked against what it described as the ‘imposition of processes’ as contained in the passed harmonized electoral act amendment bill by the Senate, Monday.
A statement issued by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, Tuesday, frowned at the provision for direct primaries for nomination of candidates for elections by political parties, as contained in the passed bill, as it insisted that political parties in the country hold ‘the inalienable right within the context of our constitutional democracy, to decide its form of internal democratic practices.’
“Our party holds that it is the inalienable right of each political party, within the context of our constitutional democracy, to decide its form of internal democratic practices including the processes of nominating its candidates for elections at any level.
“The PDP also believes that no political party should force its own processes on any other political party as the direct primaries amendment, a practice of the All Progressives Congress (APC), sought to achieve.
Having stated this, the PDP shall, within the next 48 hours, make its final decision in respect of this amendment known,” read the position of the party, in a statement.