The Labour Party, LP in Nigeria says prompt overhaul of electoral system that will guarantee credible elections nationwide remains a major task before the 10th National Assembly.<\/p>\n
The LP Deputy National Chairman, Dr Ayo Olorunfemi made this remark in an interview in Lagos.<\/p>\n
He was reacting to a bill seeking a single term of six years for the President and state governors, brought up recently by 35 members of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n
Pointblanknews.com reports that the bill also canvasses the rotation of the presidency among the six geo-political zones of the country.<\/p>\n
The 35 legislators, under the auspices of Reformed-minded Legislators, said both proposals would lead to reduction in the cost of governance.<\/p>\n
The spokesman for the group, Ikenga Ugochinyere, added that the move would unite the country and ensure seamless power transition and promote the development of the country.<\/p>\n
Reacting, Olorunfemi said that though the six-year single tenure for the\u00a0 President and governor remained laudable, the priority should be on reformation of electoral laws and guidelines.<\/p>\n
According to him, this is much more needed no than the proposed single- tenure rotational presidency.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur problem now is how to completely overhaul our electoral system through electronic voting and transmission of result real-time online,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Olorunfemi said that the single term of years presidency was proposed by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, but was misinterpreted as third term agenda.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was what Obasanjo wanted to do and some people with bad intentions turned that to a third term agenda,\u201d Olorunfemi said.<\/p>\n
Electoral Commission<\/p>\n
He urged the National Assembly to look into the process of appointment of judges and the chairman of the electoral commission.<\/p>\n
The LP boss said that such appointments should be through a competitive selection process\u00a0 by professionals rather than\u00a0 by the President.<\/p>\n
He added that the National Assembly should, at all times, pursue efforts towards deepening democracy .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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