PDP Anambra Calls On INEC To Protect Internal Party Democracy
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anambra has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and stakeholders to protect internal democracy and resist any attempt to arbitrarily dissolve its duly constituted State Executive Committee(SEC).
The PDP in a letter to INEC signed by Mr Chidi Chidebe, the chairman of Anambra Chapter said the Oct 23, 2024 Congress in the state was conducted in strict compliance with the Judgment of the Court of Appeal and fully monitored by INEC.
The party was reacting to a letter purportedly written by INEC to direct for a ‘repeat congress’ in the Anambra chapter .
The PDP said the election which produced the current SEC was widely described as the freest and most transparent in the state’s history and was constitutionally guaranteed for a four-year tenure between 2024 and 2028.
The party warned that no individual or group should be allowed the power to arbitrarily usurp the party for illegitimate political gains, noting that such actions erode party structures and weaken public trust in Nigeria’s democratic system.
“The need for every stakeholder to join hands in deepening internal democracy within all political parties has never been more urgent,” it said
Anambra PDP called on INEC to investigate and publicly explain why it would consider the abrupt termination of a legitimately constituted State Executive Committee of a political party that had a constitutional mandate of four years.
The party further called on the electoral body to reaffirm its independence and commitment to the Electoral Act 2022 by tracing the source of the allegedly forged document and making clarification to Nigerians
It insisted that the document in circulation which was calling for a so-called repeat congress was unknown to Nigerian electoral law and therefore a nullity.
The PDP in Anambra dismissed so-called “open letter” as ‘social-media propaganda’ adding that it held no weight before a constitutionally established body like INEC.
“The legitimate letter from the State Chairman has been duly submitted, received, and acknowledged by both the INEC Headquarters in Abuja and the Anambra office,” it stated.
The PDP urged INEC not to allow itself to be used as a tool to destabilise a lawfully constituted party s
tructure in Anambra.
