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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Absence Of Moderation Among Politicians, Growing Conflicts Within Political Parties Worries INEC

The Independent
National Electoral Commission on Tuesday
expressed concern over growing conflicts among
contestants within political parties.
The National Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru
Jega, expressed the view in Abuja at the National
Youth Conference on the roadmap to the 2015
elections in Nigeria.
"INEC remains deeply concerned about
widespread absence of moderation among
Nigerian politicians and growing conflicts within
parties and between contestants.
"This is because even if the management of
elections meets the highest standards, in so far as
the contestants are unwilling to play by the rules,
there will be grave problem.
"The threats are now exacerbated by insecurity in
some parts of the country, making the conduct of
elections in those parts even more risk-prone", he
said.
The chairman, represented by a National
Commissioner of the commission, Mr Ismail
Igbani, appealed to politicians to avoid
provocative statement on the 2015 elections.
"If you listen to comments of some politicians on
2015 general elections you will assume that
Nigeria is preparing for war", he said.
The chairman said the use of language by some
politicians was in most cases "indecorous and
encouraging supporters to follow suit with more
intemperate language".
According to him, parties even find it difficult to
select candidates, which create a situation in
which practically every nomination process ends
in a court case.
He said that the commission had on several
occasions, got either directly or vicariously
involved in the conflicts and court cases.
"Indeed, some pre-election court cases in the past
have threatened to derail preparations for
elections. Of particular note is the spate of ex-
parte injunctions issued against the commission",
Jega said.
He, however, stressed the need for active citizens'
participation in the political process to provide
checks against impunity in political culture.
Jega called on the youth to come out en-mass and
register to enable them to vote candidates of their
choice in 2015 elections.
The Project Director, Democratic Governance for
Development, Dr Mourtada Deme, urged the
youth to engage in the electoral process to give
them a strong political voice in the country.
Deme said that an inclusive democratic society
should ensure that youth participated in its affairs,
stressing that effort should be made to educate
the youth on the importance of voting.
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone provided by Airtel Nigeria.

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