{"id":95196,"date":"2022-05-22T11:39:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T10:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=95196"},"modified":"2022-05-22T11:39:40","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T10:39:40","slug":"serap-writes-inec-seeks-details-of-financial-transactions-of-political-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/serap-writes-inec-seeks-details-of-financial-transactions-of-political-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"SERAP writes INEC, seeks details of financial transactions of political parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1733522313305794224\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to \u201cwidely publish the reports on the accounts and balance sheet of every political party submitted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to the National Assembly since 2015.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSERAP urged him to \u201curgently examine the books and records of financial transactions of political parties, and to make public the outcome of any such examination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SERAP also urged him to \u201cprovide details of the guidelines, and steps that INEC is taking to prevent vote buying in the forthcoming elections in Ekiti and Osun states and 2023 general elections, and to prosecute vote buyers and other electoral offenders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the All Progressives Congress (APC) collected N100 million for its presidential form while the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) collected N40 million for its presidential form for the 2023 election. Some leading political parties and politicians also spend between N250 to N14,000 to buy votes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIn the letter dated 21 May, 2022 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation said: \u201cNigerians have the right to know about the accounts and financial transactions of their political parties, especially the major parties with a strong possibility to assume government in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to SERAP, \u201ctransparency and accountability of political parties is important to achieve greater transparency in public life, curb the influence of money in politics, promote a level playing field, and remove the risks to the independence of political actors and would-be public office holders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SERAP also said, \u201cIt is both immoral and illegal to pay citizens to vote for a particular political party or candidate. Unpunished cases of vote buying and related electoral offences would continue to undermine good governance, the rule of law, moral values, as well as hinder citizens\u2019 participation in elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter, read in part: \u201cWhen a political candidate decides to buy the support of the people rather than contest fairly for their votes, there are possibilities that such candidate will show a disregard for democratic rules and a disposition to adopt illegal means becomes inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVote buying and related electoral offences encourage poor governance and weaken citizens\u2019 capacity to hold their elected officials accountable for their actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSERAP urges you to urgently take measures and to collaborate with appropriate anti-corruption agencies to ensure the effective prosecution of any outstanding cases of vote buying and related electoral offences allegedly committed in the context of the 2019 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would be grateful if the recommended measures are taken within 14 days of the receipt and\/or publication of this letter. If we have not heard from you by then, SERAP shall consider appropriate legal actions to compel INEC to comply with our request in the public interest.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to \u201cwidely publish the reports on the accounts and balance&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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