The spokesperson of the PDP,
Olisa Metuh, said on Tuesday, in Abuja that the 2012 amended copy of the constitution
remains “the grand norm of the party” and the current leadership is determined
to abide by its provision.
There were some media reports
that the PDP is working on a process that will give President Goodluck
Jonathan, and governors elected on the party’s platform, the chance of first
refusal in respect of nomination for re-election in 2015.
Sources within the party were
quoted as saying that the idea is being championed by some elders of the party
who seek to fashion the PDP constitution after the convention in the United
States where a President seeking re-election is given the option of refusal of
nomination by his party.
Mr. Metuh said such an idea is
alien to the party and that the PDP is no “copycats”.
“We also wish to make it clear
that the PDP has its own constitution where processes for candidates’ selection
are clearly spelt out. We are therefore only bound by the provisions of this
constitution and not the conventions of any other party, anywhere else in the
World,” he said.
Mr. Metuh also said the only
guarantee of re-election that any current elected representative of the party
has is their record of performance and their acceptance by the people in a free
and fair primary election where all party members shall be guaranteed a level
playing ground.
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