FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has again rejected plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to tamper with the party’s constitution, with a view to granting automatic tickets to elected officers, particularly the president and governors.

In a statement, signed by the Atiku Media Office, Saturday, the former Vice President said he would challenge any procedure, either “consensus arrangement” or “adoption” that is contrary to transparent elections to produce candidates for all elective offices, including the presidency.

Atiku was responding to another kite being flown by Chief Tony Anenih, chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees, who has advocated that the party should give an automatic ticket to President Jonathan in 2015.

The former Vice President recalled that he was repeatedly in courts to challenge this undemocratic arrangement and that the courts ruled that the policy is alien to the PDP and Nigerian constitutions.

Atiku said the principle on which he opposed this unjust policy, which he describes as a “travesty of democracy”, has not changed since then.

“My position remains that as far as PDP constitution is concerned, any attempt to change the party’s rule to favour the president as a sole candidate, in the event of his willingness to re-contest, is unconstitutional. The contest should be open to all that desire to pursue an ambition on the platform of the PDP,” Atiku said.

While acknowledging that President Jonathan is entitled to seek the party’s ticket in 2015, the former Vice President, however, insisted that Jonathan should submit himself to a transparent and fair process, just like any other party member.

He argued that by foreclosing free and fair process of selecting its presidential candidate, the PDP might be sending the wrong message to Nigerians about its commitment to conduct free and fair elections for the entire country.

gramci: See this clown he failed to get the ticket last time, he will fail again . Beside he should ask Tinubu for ACN ticket since they both formed the party.

justsayemma:


Go thro d article again,n read ur post,have u said any sensible thing?
There's nothing wrong in what Atiku has said,this ur comment is a clear
Evidence dat u lack education and wisdom.

If u have done well,the only way you can prove it is by going to free n fair poll
2 test ur popularity,not this priitive kinda politics,they are trying 2 com up wit
And some people see nothing wrong in dis,yet they criticize Tinubu,of running a 1 man party.

gramci:

This your hypocrisy won't help you. Is buhari not APC's 2015 presidential candidate by default. President GEJ won Atiku and Buhari in a globally acclaimed free and fair election and he will do it again in 2015.

Was Atiku not among the founding fathers of ACN, what's stop Tinubu from giving him ticket. He won't do that because its an exclusive preserve of Buhari.

gramci:

This your hypocrisy won't help you. Is buhari not APC's 2015 presidential candidate by default. President GEJ won Atiku and Buhari in a globally acclaimed free and fair election and he will do it again in 2015.

Was Atiku not among the founding fathers of ACN, what's stop Tinubu from giving him ticket. He won't do that because its an exclusive preserve of Buhari.

gramci:

This your hypocrisy won't help you. Is buhari not APC's 2015 presidential candidate by default. President GEJ won Atiku and Buhari in a globally acclaimed free and fair election and he will do it again in 2015.

Was Atiku not among the founding fathers of ACN, what's stop Tinubu from giving him ticket. He won't do that because its an exclusive preserve of Buhari.

gramci:

This your hypocrisy won't help you. Is buhari not APC's 2015 presidential candidate by default. President GEJ won Atiku and Buhari in a globally acclaimed free and fair election and he will do it again in 2015.

Was Atiku not among the founding fathers of ACN, what's stop Tinubu from giving him ticket. He won't do that because its an exclusive preserve of Buhari.

gramci:

This your hypocrisy won't help you. Is buhari not APC's 2015 presidential candidate by default. President GEJ won Atiku and Buhari in a globally acclaimed free and fair election and he will do it again in 2015.

Was Atiku not among the founding fathers of ACN, what's stop Tinubu from giving him ticket. He won't do that because its an exclusive preserve of Buhari.

gramci:

This your hypocrisy won't help you. Is buhari not APC's 2015 presidential candidate by default. President GEJ won Atiku and Buhari in a globally acclaimed free and fair election and he will do it again in 2015.

Was Atiku not among the founding fathers of ACN, what's stop Tinubu from giving him ticket. He won't do that because its an exclusive preserve of Buhari.

awodman: In USA there is sometin called RIGHT-OF-FIRST-REFUSAL for incumbents..Obama didn't do Primaries...

alpha conde: And I reject Atiku

justsayemma:

U r still confirming what I said earlier, do both parties run on dsame constitution? Have u seen Apc's constitution? Atiku made his comment based on Pdp's constitution not Apc's. M not against Gej 2015 ambition,but let due process be followed.

awodman: In USA there is sometin called RIGHT-OF-FIRST-REFUSAL for incumbents..Obama didn't do Primaries...