Ahead of State and National Congress of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, a chieftain of the party, Lazarus Atu, has told the leadership of the party in Abia State to shun imposition of unpopular candidates on members and allow internal democracy to thrive.
The call followed the recent zoning of the state chairmanship position of the PDP to Abia North by the State Party Caucus after its meeting on June 1, 2024 in Umuahia.
Atu, in an interview with journalists on Saturday in Umuahia, the Abia capital, urged the state PDP leadership and all members to abhor any actions capable of jeopardizing the upcoming congresses in the state.
We all know that the hallmark of internal democracy is that candidates should emerge from the process approved by the Constitution of the party and the Electoral Act of our country.
Anything outside that suggests that there have been some form of imposition, this is abnormal, evil, unethical, condemnable and does not create room for democracy to mature, he stated.
