Topic: Ebele Jonathan has every right to contest in 2015 - (PDP) Chairman in Abia  (Read 3079 times)

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Abia, Chief Emma Nwaka, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan reserved the right to contest the 2015 presidential election as a sitting president.

Nwaka made this known when he spoke with newsmen on the crisis rocking the party and sundry issues in Umuahia on Wednesday.

According to him, all over the world, the practice is that sitting presidents reserve the right to contest election for a second tenure, so Jonathan has the right to seek re-election in 2015.

He debunked the claims that there was no internal democracy in the party, explaining that the party's flag bearers at every political contest emerged through democratic process.

Nwaka said that unlike the procedure in opposition parties, PDP always threw the process of electing its representatives open to members during elections.

He cited the recent PDP ward congresses in Anambra, where delegates for the party's mini-convention in Abuja, were elected rather than hand-picked, to buttress his argument. AllAfrica/Vanguard
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