Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, the
former Special Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and present Secretary
to Edo State Government, has described the call for automatic tickets for
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governors and President Goodluck Jonathan, by
the Chairman of Board of Trustees of PDP, Chief Tony Anenih, as undemocratic.
He said: “The credibility I have to make my comment, is that
I was in the frontline of those who fought for this democracy. Whether at the
level of the UDFF or the level of JACON, with people like the late Chief
Anthony Enahoro, Akinade, Bolaji Akinyemi, Fayemi, Bola Tinubu, Bola Ige and
others. This is not the democracy we all fought for.
“That is his (Anenih’s) usual style, contaminating the
political process. When they are afraid of competition, they look for short
cuts. It is one way of telling people, not to even bother. But that is not in
the PDP constitution or in the constitution of Nigeria. It does not help
democratic development, it does not help democratic contestation, it does not
help the strengthening of political institutions. If they have performed well,
their records will stand for them and they will win.
“In Edo State, Governor Adams Oshiomhole performed to the
point that across the three senatorial zones, religious divide, ethnic divide,
the support was overwhelming.”
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