{"id":63663,"date":"2018-08-16T19:59:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T18:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=63663"},"modified":"2018-08-16T19:59:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-16T18:59:14","slug":"why-buhari-is-jittery-embattled-over-electoral-act-amendment-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/why-buhari-is-jittery-embattled-over-electoral-act-amendment-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Buhari Is Jittery, Embattled Over Electoral Act Amendment \u2013 PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-1647348615912607655\" class=\"mail-message\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">\u2026Accuses President of Holding Nigeria to Ransom<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m-8066312795267843058\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\nThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says President Muhammadu Buhari, in<br \/>\nhis desperation to achieve a personal ambition, is holding the nation to<br \/>\nransom by refusing to sign the Electoral Act Amendment bill, passed by<br \/>\nthe National Assembly to check manipulations in the 2019 general<br \/>\nelections.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by kola Ologbondiyan said President Buhari and the All<br \/>\nProgressives Congress (APC) are quavering\u00a0 because the draft law<br \/>\neffectively checked all their machinations, which they have been deploying<br \/>\nin rigging past elections and intend to use in the 2019 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The amendment bill, which is in the overall interest of the nation,<br \/>\nembattles President Buhari because it eliminates openings for major<br \/>\nmalpractices including the use of underage and alien voters, vote<br \/>\nbuying, alteration of results and manipulation of voter register, which<br \/>\nthe APC intends to use to rig the 2019 elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;provisions include granting INEC powers to utilize Full Biometrics<br \/>\nAccreditation of voters with smart card readers and other technological<br \/>\ndevices, which the Buhari Presidency and APC know will effectively check<br \/>\ntheir reliance on dead, underage and alien voters, which they intend to<br \/>\nuse, particularly the Presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The amendment bill also provides for Instant Transmission of Results<br \/>\nfrom polling to collation centers which ensures real-time results and<br \/>\nreduces human interferences and election malpractices, thus effectively<br \/>\nchecking the alteration of results by the APC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Furthermore, the Presidency and APC are against the provision that makes<br \/>\nit mandatory for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to<br \/>\npublish voters register online as such will end their usual manipulation<br \/>\nof voter register ahead of elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Presidency and APC are also opposing the amendment bill because of a<br \/>\nprovision which restricts arbitrary qualifications for candidates and<br \/>\nencourages younger aspirants, as they fear that such can jeopardize<br \/>\nPresident Buhari\u2019s chances within the APC.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Buhari knows that, having failed Nigerians in his first<br \/>\ntenure, there is no way he can win in a free, fair and credible<br \/>\nelection, hence the desperation to manipulate the system and undermine<br \/>\nthe electoral laws.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The PDP therefore calls on the National Assembly to override President<br \/>\nBuhari since his refusal to sign the amendment bill is out of personal<br \/>\nand partisan interests instead of the overall interest of the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is especially as Nigerians have already reached a consensus to<br \/>\nrally on the platform of the repositioned PDP to elect a new President<br \/>\nwith the competence and sincerity of purpose to return our nation to<br \/>\ngood governance, national cohesion and 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