{"id":5186,"date":"2011-12-03T13:25:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-03T13:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/you-cannot-fight-god-and-govt-%e2%80%93-alamieyeseigha\/"},"modified":"2011-12-03T13:25:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-03T13:25:11","slug":"you-cannot-fight-god-and-govt-alamieyeseigha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/03\/you-cannot-fight-god-and-govt-alamieyeseigha\/","title":{"rendered":"You cannot fight God and govt \u2013 Alamieyeseigha"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa
Former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha yesterday emerged as the leader of the team of elders constituted by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to reach out to aggrieved governorship aspirants in the state and loyalists of the embattled Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva with a view to reconciling them in the wake of the discordant tune that greeted the ward congresses and governorship primaries of the party.<\/p>\n

The Alamieyeseigha led\u00a0 Elder Forum of the Party, which was inaugurated yesterday at the State Secretariat of the Party in Yenagoa, was also charged with the responsibility of creating an enabling environment for all members of the Party within the different divide and give them a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n

They are also expected to operate beyond the campaign and election period with a supervisory and monitoring roles aimed at checking the excesses of the elected officials of the Party and the next administration after the 2012 polls.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Chairman of the Party, Chief James Durgo said though the last ward congresses and governorship primary of the party in the state threw up some controversies, \u201dthe Elders Forum is to discuss these issues and reconcile different actors and make them united to work for the party\u00a0 in the state. I plead that they return and take their place within the party.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chief James Durgo, added that the era of disunity in the party was over with the inauguration of the reconciliation committee and the calibre of it\u2019s members drawn from across the state.<\/p>\n

In his acceptance speech, the Former Governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha said the idea of setting-up a reconciliation\u00a0 within the party was not new adding that\u00a0 it was provided for in the constitution of the party noting that no single individual cannot fight God and the government.<\/p>\n

The Elders he said would be firm in the implementation of its role and ensure that the members of the party imbibe the tenets of the party and implement the manifestoes of the party.<\/p>\n

His words \u201cthe Elders forum is expected to rise to monitor, advise and support a sitting government if they deviate. Before Dickson, the party has been existing. We have a manifesto to implement and the party elders will give support .Being a child of the Party, Elders like these are to serve as a booster between the Government and the People.I am seeing faces of aggrieved ones but because of the supremacy of the PDP and the emergence of a candidate for the party they are here.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the party supporters must know, we have Seriake Dickson and if he can not listen, we shall remind him of this day and tell him some bitter truth. There is no where the Elders don\u2019t play a role. I have some clothes in my wardrobe that Seriake Dickson cannot wear. They are hidden treasure.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the insinuation making the rounds about the unseen hands\u00a0 of President Goodluck Jonathan and some elder statesmen in the event that led to the controversy trailing the primaries Chief Alamieyeseigha said though the President and some other elders in the state never showed signs of open support for any candidate,those accusing the President of supporting one candidate against another are \u201cpolitical fools\u201d that should know that there can never be total neutrality in politics.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to hold brief for the President and want to state clearly that the President and even myself, as elder statesmen, had no candidate before the governorship\u00a0 primary election of the party. But in politics, there is no neutrality. Even if it is not open, we had a certain thing we would want but we are not perfect. I was physically present as the primary. Once a candidate emerges, every interests collapse. Today, we have Seriake Dickson as candidate. I want people to realise that there are two entities that you cannot fight, God and the Government. It has happened to me. If you don\u2019t know it, you are a fool.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a solidarity speech, the party flag bearer, Hon. Seriake Dickson, commended the effort of the elders of the state and the reception given him by some notable political big wigs in the state including a reception at the home of Timi Alaibe in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have cued into the vision of the party and the elders and cannot thank you enough. I promise to be part of a process that will build a new PDP and a new Bayelsa without past crises. We will usher in a Bayelsa with development building, a restoration of lost values and a change for development. We are here to restore the state into a mature and developed state.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a prophesy that must come to pass. We intend to tackle the issue of difficult terrain. We will build on plans of other governors that served the state and accelerate it. We will get to the Atlantic Ocean and reached to Brass, Nembe and other areas,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n

Political leaders present at the inauguration include former\u00a0 Minster of Science and Technology, Professor Turner Isoun, the Former Presidential Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs represented by a Team led by his Former campaign Director in the botched 2011 Governorship poll, Senator Inatimi Rufus-Spiff, the Chairman of the Party reconciliation Committee constituted by Governor Sylva, Senator John Brambaifagh, Six Former Commissioners under Governor Sylva, former deputy governor of Bayelsa State, Rt Hon Peremobowei Ebebi, pioneer PDP chairman in the state, Engr. Charles Dorgu among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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