{"id":55766,"date":"2021-12-21T16:31:15","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T15:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=55766"},"modified":"2021-12-21T16:19:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T15:19:25","slug":"electoral-act-buhari-benefiting-from-flawed-system-nass-should-override-his-decision-adegboruwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/electoral-act-buhari-benefiting-from-flawed-system-nass-should-override-his-decision-adegboruwa","title":{"rendered":"Electoral Act: Buhari benefiting from flawed system, NASS should override his decision \u2013 Adegboruwa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari prefers to retain all the flaws of Nigeria\u2019s electoral system because he and the All Progressives Congress, APC, are benefiting from it.<\/p>\n

Adegboruwa said Buhari and the APC are benefitting from the flaws to the detriment of Nigeria\u2019s democratic advancement.<\/p>\n

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, was reacting to reports of the president withholding assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.<\/p>\n

In a statement he signed and forwarded to DAILY POST, the human rights lawyer urged the National Assembly to veto Buhari\u2019s decision and pass the bill into law.<\/p>\n

Adegboruwa also faulted the president\u2019s decision for withholding assent to the bill.<\/p>\n

According to the Senior lawyer: \u201cUnder and by virtue of Paragraph 15 (b) of Part 1 to the Second Schedule of the 1999 Constitution as amended, INEC shall register political parties in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution and an Act of the National Assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy virtue of section 222 (a) of the Constitution, no association, by whatever name called, shall function as a political party, unless a copy of its constitution is registered with INEC.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy virtue of section 223 (1) (a) of the Constitution, the constitution and rules of a political party shall provide for period election on a DEMOCRATIC basis of its principal officers.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy virtue of section 224 of the Constitution, the Programme as well as the aims and objectives of a political party shall conform with the provisions of Chapter 2 of the Constitution.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy virtue of section 40 of the Constitution, INEC is conferred with the power to register or refuse registration of political parties.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom all the above, the Constitution, the Electoral Act and indeed INEC, are to regulate the activities of all political parties, including their various constitutions. That being the case, the reason adduced by the President, for withholding his assent to the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, that the said Bill violates the constitution of the political parties, is not supported by the Constitution which created the political parties in the first place.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe registration of political parties is regulated by INEC in accordance with the Constitution and the Electoral Act. Thus, the constitutions of all political parties are to conform with these laws and not the other way round. It is the political parties that will amend their constitutions to conform with the provisions of the Electoral Act.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the President assumed office, he has withheld his assent to virtually all amendments to the Electoral Act, even though he promised electoral reforms during his campaigns. What this means is that the President prefers to retain all the manifest flaws bedeviling our electoral system, from which himself and his ruling party are benefiting to the detriment of our democratic advancement.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough the President is entitled to the discretion of his assent to any Bill presented to him, however, the reason adduced for the exercise of such presidential discretion must be legal and valid. It is clear that the discretion has not been properly exercised in the national interest, in this particular case.<\/p>\n

\u201cI, therefore, urge the National Assembly to invoke the provisions of section 58(5) of the Constitution to pass the Bill into law, through two-thirds majority of both Houses.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, on Tuesday said President Muhammadu Buhari prefers to retain all the flaws of Nigeria\u2019s electoral system because he and the All Progressives Congress, APC, are benefiting from it. Adegboruwa said Buhari and the APC are benefitting from the flaws to the detriment of Nigeria\u2019s democratic advancement. 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