The All Progressive Congress (APC) has strongly condemned the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan as the sole candidate of the People's Democratic Party(PDP) for the next year's presidential elections, to the exclusion of all other candidates, calling the endorsement nothing but a mockery of democracy.
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In a statement issued in Lagos on Wednesday by it's national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Party also said that the endorsement has come at a great price to Nigerians,
considering the obvious deal that were struck to make President Jonathan the sole candidate.
"While endorsements are parts and parcel of democracy, they are never done to the exclusion of other candidates. This is simply not democratic. When then candidate, Barack Obama was endorsed by his party's big wigs to contest the US presidency, the party never excluded Hillary Clinton from it's primaries. That's how it's done". APC said
The APC accused GEJ of desecrating the Country's democracy because of his desperation for re-election, adding;
"It's a cruel irony that the man who has benefited more than anyone else, from this democracy has been the one who has been doing everything possible to undermine it"
The party said President Jonathan has also abandon domestic issues while seeking international relevance, in a clear negation of the aphorism that charity begins at home.
"This president has basically abandoned governance. Unprecedented corruption is mounting, insecurity stalks the land and Nigerians grope in darkness as power generation has plummeted. This president has yet to tell Nigerians the full involvement of his government in the $9.3 million that was illegally ferried to South Africa on a private jet. This president has yet to tell Nigerians why he has continued to hobnob with an alleged sponsor of Boko Haram, who is supposed to be under a probe by his administration. Yet, he is eager to attend meetings with serious-minded leaders who have done well for their own people."
"Mr President, it is only when you have achieved success domestically that you can parade yourself internationally. You can not look good abroad if you look ugly at home"....APC said.
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