Undemocratic acts responsible for PDP crisis – CNPP
The
Conference of Nigerian Political Parties has attributed the crisis in
the Peoples Democratic Party to the despotic and undemocratic tendencies
of the Bamanga Tukur-led PDP.
The CNPP explained that the unresolved
crisis in the party and the sidelining of some members of the party made
the emergence of a parallel PDP inevitable.
Speaking in a telephone interview with
one of our correspondents on Monday, the Rivers State Chairman of the
CNPP, Dr. Manaigbi Dagogo-Jack, said “the undemocratic and despotic
practices” of the Bamanga Tukur-led PDP paved the way for a parallel
party.
Dagogo-Jack argued that the Tukur-led
PDP left many crises in the PDP across the country unresolved, adding
that the formation of another PDP led by Kawu Baraje was a reaction to
the injustice in the party.
He observed that the Tukur-led PDP had
been one-sided on many issues affecting the unity of the PDP,
maintaining that the existence of the Baraje-led PDP was a mere
expression of members’ right to protest against injustice.
“What is going on in the PDP in the past
is a shame to democracy. It is a shame to the party that prides itself
as the largest political party in Africa. It has been injustice against
one member or the other without any consideration to address the issues
of the ground.
“We have seen in the PDP the largest
spirit of despotism and undemocratic tendencies and the emergence of a
parallel PDP in Abuja on Saturday was a mere reaction against
undemocratic practices in the party,” he said.
Dagogo-Jack, however, called on the Kawu
Baraje-led PDP to be fair to members of the party, advising that
actions that led to the emergence of a parallel PDP should be avoided.
Meanwhile, the Rivers State Governor and
Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, has said
that he belongs to the faction of the PDP led by Abubakar Kawu Baraje.
Amaechi made this remark on Monday while interacting with newsmen in Port Harcourt shortly after arriving from Abuja.
The governor, who spoke on the outcome
of the recent PDP mini convention in Abuja, urged journalists to refer
their questions to the National Chairman of the parallel PDP.
Amaechi also declined comment on the future of the ruling party, especially as it concerned the 2015 election.
He said, “I am not the national
chairman, the national chairman is Abubakar Kawu Baraje and he is the
only person who is qualified to speak for now or the publicity
secretary.
“All you know is that I belong to the
PDP led by Abubakar Kawu Baraje and we are forging ahead because we need
to make some changes.”
But a former Governor of Abia State, Dr.
Orji Uzor Kalu, has advised the gladiators in the PDP to resolve the
crisis rocking the party.
He urged the former Vice President,
Atiku Abubakar and Tukur not to allow the prediction by some opposition
that the party would implode before 2015 elections to come true.
September 3, 2013 by Chukwudi Akasike and Sodiq Oyeleke
http://www.punchng.com/news/undemocratic-acts-responsible-for-pdp-crisis-cnpp/
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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