The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC) Asiwaju
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has declared that the party stands for internal democracy,
reports ITRealms.
Reacting to the comment by President Mohammad Buhari over the
tenure elongation of the current leadership of the party led by Chief John
Oyegun, Tinubu, also said that the President definitely has spoken, which means
that the party stand for internal democracy and the rule of law.
Recalling that in his address to the March 27 NEC meeting,
President Buhari stated that talk of extension or elongation of the tenures of
national and state party executive officers was improper. The President
declared that any such moves would contravene both the national and party
constitutions.
Additionally, he stated that the designation of existing
officers as caretaker committees also violated constitutional requirements.
President Buhari’s action saves the party from serious legal turmoil.
If the elongations were deemed illegal then all subsequent party actions,
including the nomination of all of our candidates for elective offices, might also
be of questionable legality. Such a predicament would constitute an unnecessary
and mortal blow to the party and its role in promoting progressive governance
to Nigeria.
Moreover, President Buhari has affirmed for all to see that
our party is one based on the rule of law coupled with a firm adherence to internal
democracy. While it would have been easy to allow the ill-conceived motion of 27
February to stand, President Buhari showed principle and courage by steering
the party back to its original and correct path.
The President has spoken. Today is a good day for those who
cherish democracy and legality. His
action will also serve to strengthen the party by allowing party members,
including present incumbents, to seek to contribute to the party by vying for
executive offices as they see fit.
His action will go far in advancing the process of internal
reconciliation that is now underway. It is a time for the party to move forward
and begin to plan and organize the needed congresses according to the existing
timetables. After all, a party bearing the name All Progressives Congress
should be the last party to resist holding congresses in which all its people
have a fair say and fair chance to aspire to any position in the party for
which they are qualified to hold.
Again, this is a good day for the APC and democratic
political practice in Nigeria. We shun the politics of old to move toward a new
and better way of governing ourselves and this nation.
Remmy Nweke/ED, OPs
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