The 20 political parties de- registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Thursday, vowed to field candidates at the forthcoming governorship election in Anambra State and the Senatorial election in Ekiti State. Operating under the aegis of Coalition of Concerned Political Parties, CCPP, the affected parties have also demanded the immediate dismissal of the commission’s chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, for going against provisions of the constitution. The coalition at a briefing said that INEC must declare whose interest it was protecting by deliberately flouting the ruling of the court on party de-registration. National Chairman of Peoples Progressive Party, PPP, Engr. Damian Ogbonna, who read out the position of the 20 parties, accused Professor Jega of having publicly exhibited partiality and disdain against many political parties in the country, His words: “We state for the avoidance of doubt that we have lost faith in Professor Attahiru Jega as an unbiased umpire in the political process. Having publicly exhibited his partiality and disdain against many political parties in the country, we believe he is no longer in a position to honourably superintend in elections where the same parties are participants. Accordingly, we demand that Jega be dismissed immediately as the chairman of INEC.”
Posted on: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 17:45:19 +0000
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