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Temitope Akinola
The People's Democratic Party, PDP, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of “deliberate infractions and crass abuse of power” and has warned that there is no doubt that the “nation is on a quick slide into fascism and official terrorism,” Premium Times reports.
This was contained in a statement by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, on Saturday. It said the President is leading a regime that has exhibited trappings of despotism, including “ruling without a constitutional component of a cabinet, persistent abuse of power, undermining of democratic institutions, invasion of state government and personal houses, injecting confusion into the judiciary and hounding of individuals perceived to be against its interests”.
The party expressed worry over the “relentless onslaught against democratic institutions, especially the growing tension trailing the quest to annex the National Assembly; for which the Presidency had since vowed not to recognize the current Senate leadership, in total disdain to the independence of the legislature and the principle of separation of powers”.
The party also described as a mockery of reasonining, the comment of President Buhari condemning the recent coup in Burkina Faso whilst his government continue to violate the provisions of the constitution of his own country.
The statement also decried what it called the prevailing executive intolerance, the undermining of the institution of the National Assembly and the overall threat to the survival of the nation's democracy.
“Whereas the PDP totally supports the fight against corruption, while reposing confidence in the judiciary to protect and preserve its sanctity, we note with grave concern, the politically induced controversies within the judiciary, as a result of the part being played by agents of the executive, especially the question of due process with respect to the roles statutorily vested on the person of an Attorney-General, who is yet to be appointed, regarding proceedings in the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
“We note this dangerous trend because the Presidency and the APC have not hidden their aversion to the election of Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively, even as the fact of various moves to oust them from office, including the recent unsubstantiated allegations of forgery and harassments by the federal controlled security agencies are in the public domain.
The PDP said that the fixation on the leadership of the National Assembly is part of a major step towards the appropriation of federal legislature, in order to undermine its statutory role of checks and balances and set the stage for dictatorship in the land.
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Source: Premium Times
This was contained in a statement by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, on Saturday. It said the President is leading a regime that has exhibited trappings of despotism, including “ruling without a constitutional component of a cabinet, persistent abuse of power, undermining of democratic institutions, invasion of state government and personal houses, injecting confusion into the judiciary and hounding of individuals perceived to be against its interests”.
The party expressed worry over the “relentless onslaught against democratic institutions, especially the growing tension trailing the quest to annex the National Assembly; for which the Presidency had since vowed not to recognize the current Senate leadership, in total disdain to the independence of the legislature and the principle of separation of powers”.
The party also described as a mockery of reasonining, the comment of President Buhari condemning the recent coup in Burkina Faso whilst his government continue to violate the provisions of the constitution of his own country.
The statement also decried what it called the prevailing executive intolerance, the undermining of the institution of the National Assembly and the overall threat to the survival of the nation's democracy.
“Whereas the PDP totally supports the fight against corruption, while reposing confidence in the judiciary to protect and preserve its sanctity, we note with grave concern, the politically induced controversies within the judiciary, as a result of the part being played by agents of the executive, especially the question of due process with respect to the roles statutorily vested on the person of an Attorney-General, who is yet to be appointed, regarding proceedings in the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
“We note this dangerous trend because the Presidency and the APC have not hidden their aversion to the election of Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively, even as the fact of various moves to oust them from office, including the recent unsubstantiated allegations of forgery and harassments by the federal controlled security agencies are in the public domain.
The PDP said that the fixation on the leadership of the National Assembly is part of a major step towards the appropriation of federal legislature, in order to undermine its statutory role of checks and balances and set the stage for dictatorship in the land.
Read More
Source: Premium Times
