‘No automatic ticket for Jonathan in 2015’

MEMBER of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national executive council committee  and the chairman of the Jigawa State chapter of the party, Alhaji Salisu Mamuda Ku’it said the party has insisted that it will not give President Goodluck Jonathan an automatic ticket  for the 2015 general election.
The chairman,  who disclosed the party’s position while speaking  with newsmen, on Wednesday, in Dutse, the capital city of the state, said any attempt to offer an automatic ticket to any person was illegal and violated  the party’s constitution.

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Alhaji Ku’it explained that “there is no portion in the party’s (PDP) constitution
that allows an automatic ticket to any member into any position.”
 Ku’it stated further that PDP  was a strong political party accepted by all Nigerians because of good manifestos and performance by some people elected under its platform, such as Governor Sule Lamido. He noted that: “PDP is a party that has internal democracy, where any member enjoys equal right, adding that “automatic ticket is violation of PDP’s constitution and breach of internal democracy that can lead to internal crises.”
He noted that: “Not only President Jonathan, any member should stop thinking of automatic ticken into any elective position, as candidates would be chosen by popularity after contest among others eyeing the position.”
Jigawa PDP chairman maintained that: “It is an unpopular aspirant who thinks and pursues automatic ticket, and “this time round, the party leadership would also be strict with  the party’s constitution and electoral law in the nation for better and lasting democracy.”
Commenting on the crises within the party in the state, Ku’it described Honourable Abba Anas as “betrayer and unpopular politician, who operates from outside his constituency.”
He, therefore, warned  Honourable Anas to desist from attacking the governor and government of Lamido if he was a true indegene and patriotic to the state, as Lamido had impacted positively on the socio-economic  status of the state and its people.