{"id":172749,"date":"2022-04-06T05:25:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T04:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=172749"},"modified":"2022-04-06T05:25:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T04:25:57","slug":"inec-to-political-parties-comply-with-electoral-act-or-be-barred-from-2023-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/06\/inec-to-political-parties-comply-with-electoral-act-or-be-barred-from-2023-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"INEC to political parties: Comply with electoral act or be barred from 2023 elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that political parties that fail to comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 will not be allowed to participate in the 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p>This was contained in a statement issued on Tueaday by\u00a0Festus Okoye, national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs required by law, the Commission shall monitor the primaries of each political party that provides the required legal notice in line with Sections 82 (1) and (5) of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/04\/01\/ozekhome-nassembly-tried-to-amend-constitution-illegally-with-section-8412-of-electoral-act\/\">Electoral Act<\/a>,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFailure of a political party to notify the Commission of any convention or congress convened for the purpose of nominating candidates for any of the elective offices specified in the Act shall render the convention or congress invalid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission wishes to reiterate that parties must adhere strictly to the principles of internal democracy, drawing from their constitutions, guidelines, the Electoral Act and other Regulations and Guidelines issued by the Commission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir candidates for the 1,491 constituencies for which elections will be conducted in 2023 must emerge from democratic, transparent and valid primaries, in line with the provisions of Sections 29 and 84 of the Electoral Act, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere a political party fails to comply with the provisions of the Act in the conduct of its primaries, its candidate shall not be included in the election for the particular position in issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The commission also called on political parties to stick to the 2023 general election timetable and schedule of activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians may recall that on Saturday 26th February 2022, the Commission released the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the 2023 General Election,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Timetable provides detailed activities, including the conduct of primaries, nomination of candidates by political parties and other activities leading to the Presidential and National Assembly elections on Saturday 25th February 2023, followed by the Governorship and State Assembly elections on Saturday 11th March 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the activities are in line with the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and the Electoral Act, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next activity is the conduct of primaries by political parties in line with the dictates of Section 84 of the Electoral Act for which the Timetable and Schedule of Activities provides a period of 61 days (4th April to 3rd June 2022).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrimaries must be conducted in the various constituencies as provided in Section 84 of the Electoral Act as it is a violation of the law to conduct primaries outside the constituencies for which parties are nominating candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Commission will not monitor such primaries and their outcome will not be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical parties are enjoined to avoid acrimonious primaries that could result in unnecessary litigations that may lead to failure to nominate and field candidates for elections in some constituencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, INEC\u2019s statement comes amid controversy over section 84(12) of the electoral act which bars political appointees from participating in party primaries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that political parties that fail to comply with the provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 will not be allowed to participate in the 2023 elections. 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