Former President of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has advocated the need for a new law that will prevent the courts from declaring a winner in an election.
Jonathan insists situations, where the judiciary declares winners fraudulently in an election, is not democratic and should not be encouraged.

He explained further that a court should only be made to order for a re-run of an election when a politician or electoral system is found wanting, not declare a winner.

He adds that ballot papers should be the basis of selecting political officeholders. If the judiciary selects them, then we are not yet there.

The laws should stop handing the prerogative of returning candidates to the judiciary. Instead, ballots should decide who occupies political seats be it Councillors or the Presidents in a democracy.”

While addressing a situation where politicians influence voters during the electoral process with gifts, the ex-President called for punitive measures against those who indulge in the unwholesome act.


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Jonathan will NEVER learn!
Naive wreck of a character!
His naivety got us into this mess and he's still there tslki like a primary 6 pupil.
Very dense! Very naive! Very placid!
Totally unschooled in the global art of international politiking that led to the emergence of the likes of Buhari..
Totally empty politically..

I wonder what Buhari will be telling journalists when he steps down from power

Fahdiga:
I wonder what Buhari will be telling journalists when he steps down from power

the dullard has nothing to say

This man knows nothing. If you allow ballot to be the only deciding factor, anyone who manipulates the ballot automatically becomes the winner without remedy. No rerun can change anything.

The court may not be perfect, but without it ,the system will be so screwed leaving the weaker contestant with no choice

this man is not making sense at all.........if a candidate can rig his way in even if you conduct it 100 times he will still influence the outcome of that particular election