BY AGENCY REPORTER
The Peoples Democratic Party has expressed shock over the rejection of electronic transmission of election results by the Senate.
The party gave its reaction in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja on Thursday.
The statement read that the PDP, and indeed majority of Nigerians, were shocked over the Senate’s rejection of the demand for the electronic transmission of election results.
Noting that the decision undermined Nigeria’s electoral process, it read that the action of APC Senators was an “atrocious assault on the sensibilities of Nigerians who looked up to the Senate for improvement in our electoral process in a manner that would engender free, fair and credible process.
“It is outrageous that the APC-led Senate, in the bid to annex the Independent National Electoral Commission, sought to route a statutorily independent commission to the approval of the Nigeria Communication Commission before conducting elections.
“The decision of the APC Senators, therefore, amounts to a suspension of the 1999 constitution (as amended) which is a recipe for crisis that could derail our democracy and destabilize our nation.
“Our party, standing with Nigerians, however, commends the PDP Senators as well as other democratically-minded Senators in the chamber for their resilience in voting for unconditional electronic transmission of results.
“This is in line with the wishes and aspiration of Nigerians for free, fair, clean and credible election.”
It urged the House of Representatives to return to the chamber today (Friday) to save the nation from what it described as an act of machination being pushed in the Senate.
