By Jennifer Y Omiloli
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) damaged the standard of majority rules system during the National Assembly elections.
Oshiomhole likewise pummeled the PDP for exploring casting a ballot example of its individuals during the race and depicted them as bundle of confusionists.
He said these during a meeting between the APC National Working Committee (NWC) and gathering partners from Kano State, to finish the decision of the central whip in the Eighth National Assembly, Ado Doguwa, as pioneer of the Ninth House of Representatives.
The ruling party chairman likewise guaranteed to advance Doguwa’s name to the House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, for previous declaration, recognizing the development of the National Assembly individuals during the race of the chief officials.
Tending to the appointment driven by the Kano State Deputy Governor, Nasiru Gawuna, the previous Edo State senator stated:“I was particularly excited when, in violation of a court order, the Clerk to the National Assembly insisted that the election be conducted through secret ballot and our members in the two chambers proved their complete loyalty to the party by voting in the manner that they did.
“They voted such that the PDP that was calling for secret ballot, because they didn’t want people to know how they voted, are now the ones conducting enquiries to find out who voted for who. That is complete violation of the essence of secret ballot.
“The idea of secret is that nobody should know who voted for who. Now, PDP is going down in history as a party that seeks to investigate how people voted in a secret ballot and that is gross violation of the most basic principle of democracy.
“That is why we are better and different and I am very proud of all of you,” he said.
The APC national chairman added: “We have tried our possible best to learn from the errors of the past and try to proactively intervene and interface with the APC caucus in the two chambers of the National Assembly.
“We believe that this kind of engagement is the way to go because people are elected from various background.
“They have full mandate and when they arrive at the two chambers, they are all equal. But the rules impose obligations on us to elect leadership and whatever criteria up, you will find more than one person who are qualified either by reason of formal education or by reference to ranking or loyalty and experience among others. Yet, we can only select one person for each of these positions…”
