Electoral Act: It's nonsensical for NASS to come up with direct primary - Enoidem

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The immediate past National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Barr. Emmanuel Enoidem, has tackled the National Assembly for proposing

Speaking with some journalists in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, on Sunday, Enoidem said imposing direct primary on all the political parties in Nigeria with astronomic population is most ridiculous and untenable given the fact that it would be unmanageable due to the large population.

He added that such would discourage genuine and qualified aspirants who are poor from vying for elective positions, advising the National Assembly to expunge that clause from the Act before the president’s assent. “Another thing is that the cost of managing that process is too high, it means subjecting a candidate to two general elections. That is the election that produces him as the candidate of the party and another for a general election. For instance, in Akwa Ibom that has up to 368 wards, you have to conduct elections in all the wards, you are just killing the process and the person who genuinely wants to contest but does not have money. In fact, it is a way of killing democracy.

The PDP former legal adviser disclosed that the party has put structures together to take back power in 2023, saying it’s high time the government of a bad, unstable economy, filled with insecurity and hardship, be voted out “We want the APC to also check the track record of any person they are bringing as a candidate, he must not be a violent person and should be properly scrutinized. The next governor should leverage on the peace that is already established in the state,” he said.

 

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They'll come up with something that will favour them and not for Nigerians. In Nigeria, interest surpass everything.

This people will never support Electoral act, because direct primary is easier to be manipulated.

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