We Can't Use This Process To Elect Leaders - Jonathan Kicks Against Parties Primaries
Faith Ukanwa
May 27, 2022
We Can't Use This Process To Elect Leaders - Jonathan Kicks Against Parties Primaries
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described political parties primaries across the country as a mess and an unqualified process for the election of leaders.
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Various parties ahead of the 2023 general election, have commenced primaries to pick candidates to fly party tickets.
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So far, the process across states have been marred with troubles with many party faithfuls being aggrieved and defecting to other parties.
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Reacting to the development, Jonathan said the current process adopted by parties have failed as it does not meet standards.
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Jonathan who was speaking in Abuja on Thursday, at a book launch said;
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"These whole primaries going on across the country is a mess. This is not a standard practice. The process has failed.
"We cannot use the process to elect president, governors, senators and House of Representatives members and others.
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"The process is already failed, which is not good for the country. But we will manage and move on.
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"We pray that good people should come. I hope that what happened this year, 2022 will not happen again in this country.ÔÇØ
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"The National Assembly can't make laws and lock all political parties together. Parties have different ways of nominating candidates and the process is enshrined in their constitutions.
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"Creating a situation where all parties must have the same way of selecting candidates is nonsense. Parties are not parastatals of government.
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"The National Assembly can't make laws to strangulate political parties. Section 84 should be expunged from the Electoral Act.ÔÇØ
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— Faith Ukanwa