Focus On The Green Chamber - Direct Primary: As 9th National Assembly Eats The Humble Pie

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After several backs and forth on the ongoing amendment to the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) it is now safe to conclude that the 9th National Assembly

has sold its soul to the executive arm of government and the country’s parliament as currently constituted is even worse than what some people call rubber stamp.

I had in the past edition of this page debunked the insinuation that clause 84 which sought to compulsory direct primary mode of selecting candidates by political parties was meant to liberate the lawmakers from the shackles of hyena state governors who in most cases control party delegates and determine who gets what in an indirect primary system.

 

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Democracy is fashioned to fit the environment where it is practised. Direct primaries is more democratic because a lot of ordinary people are offered the opportunity to select their preferred candidate instead of the usual imposition of criminals by godfathers

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