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… Says No Party Has Right To Impose Its Processes on Another
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it has rejected 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.
The party said it is the inalienable right of each political party, within the context of the constitutional democracy, to decide its form of internal democratic practices including the processes of nominating its candidates for elections at any level.
In a statement by the National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, PDP said, “it 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.”