2015: PDP hails ruling on Jonathan

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described the ruling by the Federal Capital Territory High Court that President Goodluck Jonathan is constitutionally free to contest the 2015 Presidential election as yet another victory for the nation’s democracy.

In a statement shortly after the ruling on Friday, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh said the judgment has laid to rest debates on whether or not the President is constitutionally eligible to contest the 2015 election, adding that it now depends on the party and Nigerians to decide when the time comes.

Stating that the court ruling has “freed the nation from the shackles of intimidation and harassment by some desperate elements seeking to impose themselves on Nigerians”, the party said the judiciary has also restated the freedom and right of every Nigerian to seek any office under the constitution.

The statement reads: “The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) applauds the ruling by the Federal Capital Territory High Court that President Goodluck Jonathan, as a Nigerian, has the constitutionally guaranteed right to seek re-election in 2015.

“This landmark ruling is yet another victory for the nation’s democracy. It has laid to rest the unnecessary debate on whether or not the President is constitutionally eligible to seek re-election in 2015.

“The court held that President Jonathan is in his first term, which commenced on May 29, 2011 and thus is free to seek a second term in office in the 2015 general election under the platform of the PDP or any other political party.

“The import of this judgment is that it is now left for the PDP as a party and Nigerians to decide, through legitimate processes, whether or not to return President Jonathan to the Presidency in 2015 if he indicates interest.

“With the ruling, it is now left for the President, the PDP and the people to decide and not for some people to try to stop others from exercising their constitutionally guaranteed rights through intimidation and harassment.”

The party appealed to Nigerians to continue to be law abiding and resist all attempts by “desperate politicians” to truncate the system through the distortion of the facts of the law.

Metuh assured that the party will continue to focus on the welfare of Nigerians in line with the transformation agenda of the administration.

 

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