PDP Presidential primary: APC tells Senators how to deal with Saraki
Progressives Congress (APC) has called on Senators to reject the
Senate President, Bukola Saraki just like delegates of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) did during the just concluded primary election
of his party.
Saraki, who was a PDP Presidential aspirant had emerged third at the
PDP's primary election held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, over the
weekend.
However, the spokesperson of APC, Yekini Nabena said Saraki's
"disappointing" performance at the convention was an end "to the
ambition of a greedy, untrustworthy and double-dealing politician".
The party's spokesperson stated that Saraki in his capacity as Senate
President had always been at loggerheads with the executive.
Nabena insisted that Saraki can't continue to preside over over the
senate which was dominated by the APC.
He said, "The delegates of the PDP have rejected Saraki as their
presidential candidate. Let the Senators also do likewise by rejecting
the greedy, deceitful and unreliable Senate President as their leader.
A new President of the Senate, free from all allegations of
criminality is needed now.
"The disappointing performance of Sen. Bukola Saraki at the
presidential election convention of the PDP is a befitting end to the
ambition of a greedy, untrustworthy and double-dealing politician.
"With a miserly 317 votes, behind Aminu Tambuwal's 693 votes and Atiku
Abubakar's 1532 votes, the PDP delegates have given clear indication
that they are fed up with Saraki's political style. When a leader
cannot be trusted, cannot be relied upon, and cannot keep agreements,
the people take due cognisance and records of these actions and
respond with their votes at the appropriate time.
"How will someone who emerged senate president through conspiracy with
members of the opposition Party and against the wishes and interests
of his own party be trusted to be elected as the presidential
candidate of a party? Even on his being elected to the position, did
Saraki acquit himself creditably?
"Throughout Saraki's tenure as senate president, it has been one
confrontation between the national assembly leadership with the
executive or another.
"Confirmation of executive nominees sent to the senate has been
delayed unnecessarily, annual national budgets delayed. For instance,
the supplementary budget of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) for the 2019 general election is continually delayed
due to Saraki's selfish political machinations.
"A selfish Saraki will rather than perform his constitutional
legislative functions by ensuring timely consideration and passage of
executive bills, will rather sabotage the efforts of the executive in
furtherance of his treacherous politics.
"Having sabotaged the President Muhammadu Buhari government while in
the APC, he later showed his true colours by formally joining the
opposition PDP.
"The APC bade him goodbye as he returned to the looters club where he
belongs. However, in doing so, Saraki must do the needful by giving up
the senate president position. He should be a distinguished senator in
name and in deed. He cannot continue to preside over the APC-dominated
senate as a member of the minority PDP."
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