{"id":368070,"date":"2011-04-04T23:13:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T23:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/04\/call-for-jega%e2%80%99s-sack-unhealthy-says-acn\/"},"modified":"2011-04-04T23:13:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T23:13:00","slug":"call-for-jegas-sack-unhealthy-says-acn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/04\/call-for-jegas-sack-unhealthy-says-acn\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Jega\u2019s sack unhealthy, says ACN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) yesterday condemned calls for sack of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chair Attahiru Jega over the botched Saturday\u2019s National Assembly elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

It said the call \u201cat this time will have a more negative effect on the electoral process and put democracy in jeopardy\u201d \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The party, in a statement in Ilorin, Kwara State, yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said while it was shocked by INEC\u2019s poor preparations \u00a0for the general elections, as reflected in Saturday\u2019s setback, it believes that the one-week postponement should give the commission enough time to rectify the problems identified during the ill-fated poll and still give Nigerians free, fair and credible elections. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019We do not believe that any excuse can justify the embarrassment which the nation was subjected to on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, we were among the first to condemn the failure and also reject the move to hold the National Assembly election, today (Monday). However, we align with those who said it requires a lot of courage on the part of Prof. Jega to stop the process when it became obvious things were not going well, and to also personally take responsibility for the failure. That is rare in these climes. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019In fact, we will like to note that if what happened on Saturday had occurred under Prof. Maurice Iwu, the election would have continued and the results would have been collated and announced, with or without result sheets.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u2018\u2019Therefore, unfortunate and inexcusable as the failure of last Saturday\u2019s National Assembly election may be, it does not translate to calls for Prof. Jega to resign or be sacked. Some of those instigating the calls are not even doing so for patriotic reasons. In fact, we have it on good authority that die-hard election riggers are not comfortable with Jega as INEC chairman, since they see him as a stumbling block to their fraudulent \u00a0plans, hence would not mind getting rid of him by all means. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019We also know that massive pressure is being mounted on INEC to jettison the Modified Open Ballot system and replace it with the Secret Ballot system which some unscrupulous parties see as a better system for them to perpetrate their rigging plans. We say no to this, and warn that any attempt to get rid of Jega and replace him with a pliable INEC Chairman will be resisted,\u2019\u2019 ACN said. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The party, however, challenged Jega to rise up to the occasion and work hard to meet the yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians for a successful election. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In particular, it said, the INEC Chairman must provide answers to the following posers in order to engender more confidence in his commission\u2019s ability to recover from Saturday\u2019s false start and give Nigeria a credible election. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The party wondered:\u201c How will INEC rectify the problems of multiple symbols, like those of AC and the ACN appearing side by side on the same ballot? What about parties whose symbols were not even on the ballot?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c Has INEC been able to fully retrieve the ballot papers sent out on Saturday for the National Assembly elections? Can INEC assure Nigerians that the ballots have neither fallen into wrong hands nor been printed by unscrupulous politicians.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c Will INEC use the same ballot as the one deployed for Saturday\u2019s ill-fated poll? If so, how does INEC rectify a situation in which some of those ballots have found their way into some government houses, as being alleged in certain quarters?.<\/span><\/p>\n

ACN urged Jega to keep Nigerians abreast of the efforts being made by INEC to prevent a recurrence of Saturday\u2019s electoral fiasco, possibly by providing daily briefings for the media in the run-up to Saturday\u2019s National Assembly elections.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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