The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has on Tuesday, described the passage by the 9th Senate, of direct primaries for the nomination of Candidates for elections by all political parties, as a retrogressive provision that seeks to wipe off all the gains achieved in our Electoral practice since 1999, .
The PDP stated that the decision by the Senate is a humongous blow to the development of democratic norms, and a plot to introduce anarchy during internal party elections, as currently obtainable in the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
A statement by the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said: “The PDP holds that the provision is aimed at increasing the costs of nomination procedures, thereby surrendering the processes to money bags, against the wishes and aspiration of Nigerians.
“Our party makes bold to state that with the exception of the APC, which intends to deploy looted funds in future election, hardly will there be any political party that will be able to raise the cost of conducting internal elections under a direct primary process.
“This is why the decision of the Senate has elicited widespread rejection from Nigerians across board.
“The PDP therefore, urges the Senate to immediately deploy its appropriate legislative instruments to reverse itself on the direct primary, as it is not operable, and does not reflect the wishes and aspiration of majority of Nigerians.”
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