PDP govs, senators set for showdown over automatic tickets There are indications that senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are on the verge of renewing the work-to-rule protest they embarked on last week following moves by governors of the party to overrule the automatic tickets the party leadership and the Presidency promised the lawmakers last week. Last week, PDP senators embarked on a protest after the ward congresses of November 1, where the governors schemed them out. In a meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, with President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Chairman of the party, Adamu Muazu, in attendance, the senators, led by Senate President David Mark, agreed to ensure that at least two senators per state return to the chamber in 2015. Daily independent gathered that the lawmakers have resolved to renew their protest following indications that the party and the Presidency would go back on their agreement. “We were told at the meeting that governors met with the President late on Tuesday and resolved that the party should allow them review the issue of automatic tickets on a state-by-state basis, instead of granting automatic tickets to the senators. We see this as a ploy to outwit the senators and undermine our agreement with President Jonathan and the party. “Senators are not happy and I can tell you that a number of people are already contemplating ditching the party,” a source in the National Assembly said. It was also gathered that 11 senators of the PDP from the North-West have threatened to quit the party in view of what is considered the PDP’s high-handedness.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 08:15:19 +0000
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