The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), in strong terms has bereted the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led National Assembly (NASS) over what the major opposition party at the centre termed as “Imposition of Processes on Another”.
The party in a press releases signed by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, with the title: “Electoral Act Amendment: No Party Has Right To Impose Its Processes on Another”, said the PDP it was wrong for another party to force its own process on another political party.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has received the news of the passage of the harmonized electoral act amendment bill, which among other things, provided for direct primaries for nomination of candidates for elections by political parties.
“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”.
It would be recall that on Tuesday November 9th 2021, the Senate approved the conference committee report on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.
