INEC guidelines favours ruling party, says Musa
Balarabe Musa, the National Chairman of
Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), has decried the Independent National
Electoral Commission’s guidelines on primaries, saying most of the
political parties will find it extremely difficult to comply with them.
He said on Wednesday in Abuja that only the People’s Democratic Party
would have all the requirements to hold the primaries for elective
public offices across the country. Mr Musa said PRP would require at
least N42 million to hold its primaries in just one state, stating that
“INEC guidelines are impossible to comply with by most of the 62
political parties because of the amount of money required. “Only PDP
will be able to nominate candidates who can pass through the INEC
screening for all the elections.” He said the electoral system should
be blamed for the lopsidedness which favours the ruling PDP. He however
said it was the responsibility of political parties to call the
attention of the National Assembly to the anomaly before it passes the
Electoral Act for the president’s assent.
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