The Peoples Democratic Party has
promised to provide a decent and credible
opposition that will constructively
proffer sound alternatives to the policies and programmes of the in-coming
administration without recourse to insults, propaganda and deceit.
National Publicity Secretary of the
party, Chief Olisa Metuh, who stated this on an FRCN political programme on
Thursday evening in Abuja, said the PDP would never insult or denigrate the
office and person of the Nigerian President.
He said because of the respect the
party had for the office of the President, there was no way it would insult the
n-coming President, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari(retd.).
Metuh stated this in a statement in
Abuja on Friday, which was generated from the radio programme.
He said, “The PDP is a political
party built on values, tradition and utmost respect for democratic tenets. Our
manifesto and ideology center on national peace, stability and prosperity and
we shall uphold these at all times. In this wise, the PDP as always, will
continue to work in the general interest of the Nigerian people.
“We will not resort to insults,
blackmail and lies with the aim to distract or ridicule the person or office of
the President. However, we must state in very strong terms that we will not
allow them(All Progressives Congress) to lead the nation astray. So, we will
firmly oppose any anti-people policy and programmes as may be introduced by the
APC.
“We will do this by presenting sound
alternatives in such a manner that Nigerians will be the utmost beneficiaries
especially on issues that will lead the nation in the path of national unity
and development.”
On the conduct of the April 11, 2015
governorship and state assembly elections, Metuh lamented that the process was
characterised by what he described as brazen irregularities against the PDP in
most states.
He upbraided the Indepedent National
Electoral Commission and security agencies for the “barefaced over-zealousness
on the part of some of their personnel to please the winners of the
Presidential elections.”
Metuh said concerns were already on
the rise regarding the fate of the nation’s democracy under the APC.
He expressed the fears that the
alleged “impunity that characterised the local government elections the states
under the APC platform conducted in the South-West, might now be extended to
other parts of the nation.”
PDP won’t insult, ridicule Buhari – Metuh
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