‘S’East PDP leaders can’t win their constituencies in 2015’ The National Chairman of United Progressives Party (UPP), Chekwas Okorie, at the weekend, stated that all the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South East geo-political zone cannot win their constituencies in the 2015 general elections. Okorie spoke shortly after he inaugurated the newly elected Anambra State Executive Committee of UPP at the state secretariat, Awka on Saturday. The UPP chair stated that South East PDP leaders have failed their people, saying there was nothing they could do now to attract their votes. He also disclosed that UPP was targeting the presidency, being the only party out of the 26 registered political parties in the country that made it a policy that its presidential candidate must come from the South East. Citing Greece as an example, Okorie noted that there were instances where a party may not control the National Assembly and yet wins the presidency, adding that UPP, being a mass movement, would capitalise on Igbo support to upset the ruling party in 2015. “UPP is targeting the presidency of this country. President Jonathan is doing okay but a UPP President for Nigeria will do better. And let nobody think we are joking. There have been countries where a party with the popular manifesto, the popular candidate won the presidency without controlling the National Assembly. Greece is one of them. “As for the National Assembly, our target is to clear the South East to start with, and then, of course, make inroad in other places. We are not telling you that we will win the whole country,” he said. Taking a critical look at the 2015 presidential race, Okorie pointed out that Nigerians have only two clear choices, either to go for change or to maintain the status quo, which, according to him, ‘is not attractive to anybody,” stressing that UPP represents the change. “APGA has adopted Jonathan before he even says he is running. UPP has even taken the third position without firing a shot. Without even casting the first ballot, we have already prepared as the party to reckon with as far as 2015 is concerned.”
Posted on: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 04:00:53 +0000
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