Electoral act amendment bill: Each political party should decide its form of internal democratic practices – PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday said it is the inalienable right of each political party, within the context of our constitutional democracy to decide its form of internal democratic practices

Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary of the party in a statement said, the PDP and other political parties had the right to decide which form of primary they wish to adopt.

Ologbondiyan was reacting to the passage of harmonized electoral act amendment bill, which among other things, provides for direct primaries for nomination of candidates for elections by political parties.

“PDP is shocked over the passage, our party holds that it is the inalienable right of each political party, within the context of our constitutional democracy to decide its form of internal democratic practices,” he said.

“The PDP would within the next 48 hours, make its final decision in respect of the amendment known”.

“The PDP also believes that no political party should force its own processes on any other political party as the direct primaries amendment, a practice of the All Progressives Congress (APC), seeks to achieve”.