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PDP Carpets APC Govs As Products Of Electoral Manipulation

January 19, 2020 5:36 pm
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sunday accused many of the Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, of being products of huge electoral manipulations.

It said it was against this alleged backdrop that the APC governors are standing alone in defence of the widely condemned judgment of the Supreme Court on Imo governorship election.

The opposition party also insisted on a review of the apex court judgement.

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The party’s spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan said this in a statement in Abuja.

He added, “The party says the APC governors’ attempt at

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Spain Electoral Board Disqualifies Catalan President

January 4, 2020 3:55 pm

Spain’s electoral board ordered Friday that Catalan separatist president Quim Torra be disqualified from being a member of Catalonia’s regional parliament, meaning he would lose his presidential post.

The electoral board decision comes after Catalonia’s High Court of Justice last month convicted Torra of disobedience for failing to remove separatist symbols from public buildings during an election campaign and banned him from holding public office for 18 months.

Catalonia’s autonomy statute specifies that the head of the region’s government must be a lawmaker in the regional assembly.

The election board ruling comes as Spain’s acting Prime Minister, Socialist Pedro Sanchez, …

Bolivia To Hold Presidential Vote May 3: Electoral Tribunal

January 4, 2020 3:53 pm

Bolivians will choose a new president May 3, more than six months after a disputed election sparked violent street protests and the resignation of Evo Morales.

Interim leader Jeanine Anez has been overseeing a caretaker government since then, after Morales fled the country for Mexico.

The new presidential election will be “the first Sunday of May, I can let you know that much,” said the vice president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Oscar Hassenteufel.

Once complete, the electoral schedule will include dates for registration of candidates, the campaign timeframe, rules on advertising, and rules on a potential second round.

Bolivia …

Bishop Suggests Ways Electoral System Can Be Transformed

January 3, 2020 11:16 am

The Bishop of Kaduna Anglican Diocese, Rt Revd. Timothy Yahaya, has advocated for a total overhaul of the electoral process for democracy to find its sound footing in the country.

He said with the faulty electoral process in the country, the nation may not produce leaders that will lead the country to its citizens’ yearnings and aspirations.

Speaking to newsmen in Kaduna, the clergy expressed his displeasure about the electoral process in the country, saying, “Election that goes with bullets and gun is not good for our democracy. Election that ballot papers were being snatched and destroyed is sad

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Result Transmission Tops New Electoral Bill

November 21, 2019 5:47 am

There are renewed hopes that the new Electoral Act amendment Bill would contain the much-expected electronic-voting and direct transmission of results from polling units to central database.

The Senate concluded debate on the general principles of the Bill, yesterday, sending strong signals that it may be passed into law before end of the year.

The Senate also referred the Electoral Reform Bill to its committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding it reports back within four weeks.

The new Bill seeks to strengthen internal democracy, reduce the cost of politics, widen political participation and the conduct of free fair …

Kogi

Auctioning of Nigeria’s Electoral Democracy

November 16, 2019 5:23 am

In a few hours, citizens of Kogi and Bayelsa States will go to the polls to perform their civic responsibilities as they elect new leaders for their states. Expectations are high. Political parties, candidates and their supporters are set, tensions are approaching a crescendo and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had revealed during the two-day seminar on their preparedness for the November 16, 2019 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa States to correct the mistakes in the 2019 elections and set a new standard for future elections.

While the rest of Nigeria and the international community observe the …

INEC Seek Financial Autonomy For State Electoral Commission

INEC Seek Financial Autonomy For State Electoral Commission

October 25, 2019 2:46 am
  • Explains misappropriation of funds
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has called for financial autonomy for State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) for timely conduct of credible council elections across the country.Yakubu made the call yesterday during a parley with members of the Forum of State Independent Electoral Commissions of Nigeria (FOSIECON) at INEC headquarters, Abuja.

The 1999 Constitution empowers SIECs to conduct council elections while INEC conducts elections into federal, state legislative and governorship seats.

Political watchers have described elections conducted by SIECs into the councils in most states as mere appointments and not democratic

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2019 General Elections Eroded Past Electoral Gains - Jega

2019 General Elections Eroded Past Electoral Gains – Jega

October 24, 2019 1:06 am

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday said that the 2019 general elections were a setback to the “positive gains the country had recorded in its electoral process.”

He made the submission while delivering a keynote address titled, “Electoral process in Nigeria: Safeguarding the people’s will for democracy to thrive” at a conference organised by the management of Tell magazine to mark 20 years of democracy in Nigeria.

Agreeing that there had been ‘incremental positive changes’ to the country’s electoral system since 2011, Jega, however, pleaded that all hands must be on deck to …

‘Arrest Akpabio, Ekere now for electoral offences’

March 12, 2019 7:56 pm

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom yesterday called on security agencies to arrest the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Obong Nsima Ekere and Senator Godswill Akpabio for alleged electoral offences.

It alleged that Ekere and Akpabio committed the offences during the Governorship and House of Assembly elections last Saturday.

PDP spokesman Ini Ememobong made the call at a news conference at the party secretariat on Four Lane, Uyo.

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Atiku gets tribunal’s order to inspect electoral materials

March 7, 2019 12:54 am

The Presidential Election Petition Tribunal Wednesday granted former vice president, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) permission to inspect and obtain Certified True Copy (CTC) of election materials used in the conduct of the February 23 presidential election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The tribunal also ordered INEC to make available all documents and electoral materials used for the election for the purpose of the inspection.

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Electoral fraud: Army parades 11 corps members, 43 others

March 2, 2019 1:07 am

The 6 Division Nigerian army, PortHarcourt, has paraded 11 National Youth Service Corps Members, 43 others over  alleged electoral fraud  in Rivers State.

The corps members were said, to have been arrested in a hotel in Gokana Local Government Area  of the State  filling result sheets in favour of a political party during the Presidential and National Assembly elections last week.

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