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APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 3:55pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
Introduction This is the 3rd and final part of my threads trying to show that APC = PDP while in the same breadth, trying to salvage some fundamental differences Part 1: https://www.nairaland.com/1864112/change-management-pdp-apc-terrorism Part 2: https://www.nairaland.com/1868740/when-apc-pdp-using-change |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 3:56pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
Water poured from cup to cup Ever seen kids play by turning same water from one cup to another then pretend that the cups magically make the water different stuff like tea or juice etc? Well Nigerian adult politicians play the same game One minute they are progressives in APC, the next they are anti-establishment in PDP Despite this, the parties do represent some fundamentally different ideologies and therefore, mean different things to different people Some folks are explicitly concious of this, others gravitate towards the different ideologies but cannot place their fingers on what exactly it is. So what they do is to constantly highlight the strenght of the parties that they support while pointing out the weakness of the other party |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 3:56pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
..DP |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 3:58pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
Ideology 1: Belle politics -Some are paid to be e-communication supporters -Some are presently members of parties -The relatives or benefactors of some are stunch members of parties and so will receive goodies if their brothers party is in power (Remember the Cramjones/FFK/APC connection. That is assuming Cramjones is not FFK) These set of people actually have little or no loyalty to any political party they will switch once their meal ticket switches |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 3:59pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
Ideology 2a: Some APC "progressiveness" APC's ideological difference from PDP is hinged on two men. They are Tinubu and Buhari. I honestly cant say that these men are not progressives -at least within Nigeria political space. No matter your arguments, from their history, you can say that they are at least anti-establishment or anti-status quo Every other politician in APC will be more than happy to decamp if the oppurtunity beckons. Atiku, Saraki, El Rufai, Lai Mohammed, Oshiomole, ?Fashola? etc. will easily jump ship. Now, if Buhari and Tinubu's influence in APC whittles down there is a possibility that they might get out of the party, or even support other parties such as the PDP against their party, but you can be 99% sure that they will not suddenly become card carrying members of PDP |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 4:00pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
Ideology 2b: Some PDP "conservativeness" PDP on the other hand is hinged on some 3 or 4 men They are Obasanjo, IBB, Annenih and maybe Ekwueme These men (asides from Ekwueme) can best be described as conservatives or worse retrogressives. You can be 100% sure that they wont decamp from PDP to any party They can support other parties against theirs but they are not going no where Everyone else, including their kids, followers, associates and President GEJ won't hesitate to decamp from PDP to other parties if need be. However the influenc of these men apart from Anenih has been considerably whittled down in the PDP national level |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 4:00pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
Ideology 3: Enhancing Party Competition Some although believing that the parties are no different support APC. This is because they appreciate that is dangerous for Nigeria to be a one party state For example, previously, under a PDP monopoly you could go to sleep knowing that whoever emerges PDP flag bearer will be the president Thanks God that there is now at least some doubt. The folks who freely pushed for the two party approach is the media they carried 'progressive' stories of the APC while ignoring some of its 'retrogressive' stories Interestingly although the media is many times thought to be owned by the south West a huge percentage of the top 'National' media houses are actually owned by South South and East folks So don't be surprised if closer to elections you start seeing a more balanced narrative. |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 4:00pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
Ideology 4: Religious politics Previously there were only 3 main religious political affiliations 1) Pro -islamist This group have a strong inclination to vote only for Muslim candidates, preferably muslim (especially sharia inclined) candidtates from the Core north, Middlebelt, then SouthWest in that order This category can be found in the core north and previously supported CPC 'For now, their loyalty is with APC because of Buhari |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by tit(f): 4:01pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
APC is ethnotribalists. |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 4:02pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
2) Religious neutral (a) This category, are not particularly bothered about the religiousness of parties The candidate can be a christian, muslim or sharia promoter for all they care they've lived side by side with christians and muslims all their lives You'd find this category in the south west and middlebelt Religious neutral (b) These are mainly xtians who like the (a) category, are not particularly bothered about the religiousness of parties/candidates What they might be bothered about are parties/candidates that they percieve to pushing an islamic agenda they can be found in all South and Middlebelt New Group: Pro -Xtian Jonathan has been accused of causing religious divide never before experienced in Nigeria The reason is because for the first time,there is a new group of pro-xtian voters. Jonathan's team have painted APC as both a muslim and extrimist party And has whipped up a previously silent group by empasising that muslims seek to dominate xtians This new group is heavilly pro xtian and anti -muslim. The aim is to push South West and Middlebelt xtians to the side of PDP |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 4:03pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
Ideology 5: Ethnic Politics Some ethnic nationalities feel that they have been previously seen as second class citizens In Jonathans PDP, they see a psychological reversal of fortune You will see such people in the South South and South East Others see APC as a vehicle to show that their ethnic group is the intellectual driver and King makers of Nigerian politics You will see such in the South West |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 4:03pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
CONCLUSION Although there is another group that see Jonathan simply as a failure and would rather that any other 'capable' person takes the reign of government whether in PDP or APC. This group is in the minority. SO in conclusion, when you see people pointing to ether APC or PDP as the ideal part be rest assured that their support is driven by either one or a combination of more than one of the 'ideologies' that I mentioned above ....which of these is yours? |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by esere826: 4:04pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
..I'll edit later |
Re: APC = PDP But With Some Fundamental 'ideological' Differences by Nobody: 4:05pm On Aug 26, 2014 |
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