{"id":92929,"date":"2021-10-13T13:37:54","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T12:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=92929"},"modified":"2021-10-13T13:37:54","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T12:37:54","slug":"direct-primary-will-cause-anarchy-in-party-elections-says-pdp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/13\/direct-primary-will-cause-anarchy-in-party-elections-says-pdp\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct primary will cause anarchy in party elections, says PDP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the approval of direct primaries for political parties by the senate, describing it as a &#8216;plot to introduce anarchy during internal party elections&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the senate on Tuesday approved that all\u00a0political parties must use the direct primary mode in picking candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The decision was made by the upper legislative chamber while\u00a0amending four clauses in the electoral act amendment bill.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued by PDP spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan, the main opposition party said\u00a0the approval of direct primaries by the APC-led senate is a \u201d retrogression\u201d of Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) describes the passage by the All Progressives Congress (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.m.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/All_Progressives_Congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APC<\/a>)-led Senate of direct primary for the nomination of candidates for election, in all political parties, as a retrogressive provision that seeks to wipe off all the gains achieved in our electoral practice since 1999,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party says the decision by the APC-controlled Senate is a humongous blow to the development of democratic norms and a plot to introduce anarchy during internal party elections as currently obtainable in the APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PDP holds that the provision is aimed at increasing the costs of nomination procedures thereby surrendering the processes to money bags against the wishes and aspiration of Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur party makes bold to state that with the exception of the APC, which intends to deploy looted funds in future elections, hardly will there be any political party that will be able to raise the cost of conducting internal elections under a direct primary process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is why the decision of the Senate has elicited widespread rejection from Nigerians across the board\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition party asked the senate to \u201cimmediately deploy its appropriate legislative instruments\u201d to reverse the direct primary mode of party elections, adding it does not reflect the wishes of the majority of Nigerians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reacted to the approval of direct primaries for political parties by the senate, describing it as a &#8216;plot to introduce anarchy during internal party elections&#8217;. 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