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Jonathan denies engaging in
anti-party activities
From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
Wednesday,
March 9, 2011
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday dispelled claims making
the rounds in Bayelsa State that he is supporting candidates from
other political parties other than the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP).
The Labour Party (LP) said it had adopted Jonathan as its presidential
candidate, urging the people to vote for the president but rejected
other candidates on the platform of the PDP.
Jonathan, speaking at the PDP presidential campaign rally at the
Samson Siasia Sports Complex in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State said all
through his political career he had never been involved in anti-party
activities.
Reacting to insinuations from other political parties that he was
supporting them against some PDP candidates, Jonathan told the people
that such claims should be disregarded as those peddling it were
liars.
Going down memory lane, he disclosed how elders of the party intervened
in 2006 when the PDP was experiencing crisis due to power tussle
and how some people tried to persuade him unsuccessfully to work
against some candidates of the PDP.
He explained that he refused to play any role in the primaries of
the party because all the aspirants were close to him, adding that
with the emergence of candidates for the PDP, Bayelsa which is a
PDP state must vote for all the candidates.
His words: “The third message I have is for the PDP family
because of the special circumstance of the party. I, Goodluck Jonathan
is a person who does not have two tongues. I don’t say one
thing and do another thing. I am a PDP member and I cannot be a
PDP member and support somebody who is in another party. I am saying
this because of some things people have been saying. In 2006, when
we had problems, the elders called us to Abuja to devise a way we
are going to pick our candidates. Some people came to meet me and
said some of those candidates in PDP are not our people, so we should
support candidates in other parties and after the election they
would defect back to the PDP but I said no.
“During the primaries, I did not play any role to influence
the election of any candidate in the primaries because everybody
was supporting me. Now that you have picked your candidates, I am
telling you that you vote for all PDP candidates. I am a PDP member
and I would never play anti-party activity.”
Jonathan enjoined all Bayelsans to thank at least 10 Nigerians from
other parts of the country for their acceptance of their ticket
promising that this was the beginning of the good things that would
come to the state as his administration would work with the governor
to ensure there would be accelerated development.
The Acting National Chairman of the party, Dr. Haliru Bello, while
reiterating that Jonathan was committed to free, fair and credible
elections, warned Bayelsans against those who were urging them to
defend their votes through violence.
He said the PDP had been preaching one man, one vote and would want
the people to protect their votes but not through violence as was
being canvassed in certain quarters.
Governor Timipre Sylva said with the Jonathan/ Sambo ticket, Nigerians
had demonstrated to the Niger Delta that it was part of the country.
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