The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed that there would be no automatic ticket for President Goodluck Jonathan if he decides to seek a second term in 2015.
This revelation was made by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, in an interview with reporters in Abuja. Metuh added that governors seeking another term would also not be giving automatic tickets. The President and the governors, Metuh said, would go through the primaries as stipulated in the party’s constitution.
According to him, “I can tell you that as at today under the constitution of our party and the way we run our programmes, we are going to have primaries in 2015… We are completely unaware of any move to change the constitution of the party. The constitution that we have, which we just amended at the last convention, provides that we must have local government and state congresses and national convention. That is the constitution we have as at today.
“I ask you, is there any automatic ticket in the 2012 constitution of the party? The answer is no.” however, whe asked if the amendment of the party’s constitution can take place before 2015, he said it was possible.According to him, if members of the party seek an amendment of the party’s constitution; its leadership will listen to their demand: “Of course, it is possible. Constitution amendment can take place at any time if the members want it… The Constitution of Nigeria is being amended and if that is being done, the constitution of the party can also be amended if the people decide to.”
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