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APC - Another Power Centre by tinziemaine(m): 7:00am On Jun 11, 2015 |
PREDICTIONS that contests for leadership of the National Assembly would unravel the All Progressives Congress, APC, were certainly under- stated. In a matter of weeks, APC is moving from its confident strides to learning that toddlers do not break into full strides – with first steps. In what was supposed to be the most innocuous contentions in APC, in one swoop APC lost two critical positions to its change agenda. Much has changed since the elections. Politicians have weaned themselves of platforms on which they rode to office only weeks ago. How could APC, the party of strategists, thinkers, thought leaders, and leaders of thought fall prey to ambitions of its members? What does the new coalition in the National Assembly portend for change? We are seeing change, maybe outside the expansive APC applications of the word. We are also seeing interpretations of roles in APC party hierarchy, roles that seemed unimportant to define. Any explanations in the middle of the early unstable weather the party has hit could not have lightened the unanticipated burden of success On Tuesday, we learnt from the brilliant APC publicist Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that APC has many leaders. Where does that place Alhaji Ahmed Tinubu, who many consider the owner of APC, but merely address as national leader? There were no contenders for the title, which is not constitutional, until the electoral victory produced a “national leader”, not just of APC. The President of Nigeria is a national leader beyond the confines of any political party. The President declared his disinterest in the composition of the National Assembly leadership. It marked his understanding of separation of powers, away from the military dictatorship he imposed on Nigeria 31 years ago. Was this a personal or party position? Why was the party pushing in a different direction, if the “national leader” had spoken? Why were sticklers to sanctity of the legislature’s independence made to appear as outlaws? President Muhammadu Buhari accepts the “constitutional occurrence” though it was outside APC’s wish list. APC learnt little from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which four years ago, wanted to impose leadership on the House of Representatives. The House ignored its party leaders. If the experienced, humungous PDP could not succeed in one house, why did APC think it could dictate for both houses? When did locking gates stop legislators from getting into the National Assembly? Were we not witnesses when they jumped fences last November, evading teargas and other police obstacles, to access the National Assembly? The once All Progressives Congress, with party discipline seemingly impermeable, has succumbed to the greed of its patrons, who in addition to losing the positions they coveted, have reduced the party to just another power centre. The forces that created the new leadership of the National Assembly would not be as trivial with power. They know that their survival rests on sticking and fighting together – for themselves. APC leadership in its first post-election effort to stake party supremacy has failed. After handing over an arm of government – the powerful legislature to a new opposition – how would APC survive? A Senate Leader is ordinarily powerful, now we have one who has just finished serving eight years as Senate President. The Deputy Senate President has begun his ninth year in office. Both are PDP. Tuesday flagged off the race for the 2019 presidential election. APC would soon realise that the disgruntled fellows who left PDP for APC, were only progressives, if it served their purpose. They are going home, maybe with more converts, not necessarily to PDP. They would be glad at the ease with which they have become another power centre, a new APC? www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/apc-another-power-centre/ 1 Like |
Re: APC - Another Power Centre by jorlons(m): 7:28am On Jun 11, 2015 |
When did Hahaha Our lawmakers are really thugs in disguise. But seriously though, we miscalculated on this. It appears there was no clear communication between the clerk and the presidency to delay the inauguration.
Let the fvcktards go ahead and form a new APC. They would soon realize that, breaking away from PDP and still retaining political relevance, may not happen again, should they toe the same line in APC. Arrant nonsense! |
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