{"id":64353,"date":"2018-11-10T09:47:08","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T08:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=64353"},"modified":"2018-11-10T09:49:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-10T08:49:38","slug":"inec-says-political-parties-ready-for-2019-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/inec-says-political-parties-ready-for-2019-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC Says Political Parties Ready For 2019 Polls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 56 political<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">parties out of the 91 registered parties in the country are set to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">participate in the 2019 general elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in charge of Rivers, Mr Obo<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Effanga, said this during a media briefing on Friday in Port Harcourt.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He said that INEC was interested in all the 91 registered political<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">parties, adding that the commission would only deal with political parties<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">that registered for the election in 2019.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The REC assured Rivers people that the commission was ready to ensure<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">free, fair and credible elections in 2019, stressing that \u201cwe assure you<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">that on the day of the elections, every material needed for the elections<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">would be ready to ensure free, fair and credible process.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Effanga noted that the Card Readers would be used for the 2019 general<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">elections.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He pointed out that any voter who was not accredited by the Card Reader<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">would not cast his or her vote.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He explained that provisions would be made if the Card Reader developed<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">any hitch in the process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He, therefore, called on community leaders to advise their youths against<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">disrupting the elections, emphasising that any community that could not<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">advise its youths to be of good conduct, INEC would not conduct elections<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">there.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The REC urged stakeholders to play their part properly, saying that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">security agencies, the political class, among others, should ensure that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the 2019 general elections were successful.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He stressed that any politician who would have objections of any kind<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">concerning the 2019 general elections should go to court to seek redress.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">He called on the electorate to pick up their Permanent Voter Cards at<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">their areas of registration to enable them to exercise their franchise on<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">the day of the election. 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