Jonathan
In
preparation to the 2019 general election, the immediate past president
of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan has given interesting winning tips to the
Peoples Democratic Party.
Speaking when he received a delegation of the former Speakers of
House of Assemblies elected on the platform of the PDP in his office in
Abuja on Thursday, former President Goodluck Jonathan offered what
appears to be winning tips to the Peoples Democratic Party.
According to Punch
newspaper, the influential politician, advised the PDP to adopt
statutory delegates’ option in the next review of its constitution,
especially for the state and local government primaries.
Jonathan who noted that one of the major challenges facing PDP is
how it elects candidates and national officers, also said there would
always be crisis in the outcome of the party’s primaries or conventions
until the numbers of statutory delegates to those elections are reviewed
to about 70 per cent.
He said the party must work out the modality such that no one would
succeed in influencing the delegates to elections, adding that those
who had served at certain levels, including governorship, ministerial
and parliamentarian positions at all levels, should be made statutory
delegates.
He said, “That is the area we have not been able to manage
properly and it is still creating problem for us. I believe the next
constitution amendment should advocate that area to be properly
examined.
“From my own experience, if that area is strengthened, the
party will be okay and nobody will complain at the end of primaries. If
you lose, you lose gallantly and you support the person that wins.”
He also promised that in due time, he would speak on why PDP lost in the 2015 general election. “PDP is still the strongest party. We know the reason why we lost the elections.
“At the appropriate time, some of these things would be
properly addressed because of history. There are certain things you
don’t write now because it would be misunderstood as if you are playing
politics.
“After some years, five, six or eight years, when the beneficiaries have left, you can state it in writing.”
He encouraged his visitors to continue with the party, “unlike those playing politics of the stomach, defecting to other parties,” he said, adding that PDP did well during its 16-year rule, which he attributed to “the number of reforms it introduced and implemented.”
The former president commended the forum members for coming
together to form the association, saying they were important in the
strategy of PDP reclaiming power in 2019.
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