National Chairman of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP Prince Uche Secondus, has berated President Muhammadu
Buhari over his refusal to sign the amended Electoral Bill into law.
President Buhari had declined
assent to the amendment Bill transmitted to him by the National Assembly due to
some drafting issues.
Reacting, Secondus told Punch
that President has denied Nigerians the right to free and fair 2019 elections.
He said it was unfortunate that
the President, who he said just gave an assurance that he was committed to
free, fair and credible elections, would refuse to sign a law aimed at
strengthening democracy.
Secondus asked Nigerians and the
international community to hold the President responsible if “the next general
elections failed.”
He said, “We have said it on many
occasions. This President is not a democrat. He is a pretender. He never
believed in democracy. He is a dictator to the core.
“Here is a man who just told the
world that he was not afraid of credible elections. Yet, he is busy working
openly and secretly against the interest of the nation.
“His renewed rejection of the
bill is an indication that he is either myopic about the tenets of democracy or
against the workings of the National Assembly.”
Secondus, therefore, appealed to the
National Assembly to either veto the President or “make sure in whatever way,
that the law is passed.”
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