2023 presidency: Why we changed date for presidential primary, others – APC
"The leadership of the party has not taken any decision as regards the zoning of the presidential ticket," APC Spokesman, Morka
POLITICS
The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has provided reasons for its decision to adjust its presidential primary election timetable.
The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Felix Morka, on Wednesday, announced that the presidential primary of the party has been rescheduled to hold on May 29th, 2022.
The primary was earlier scheduled to hold between May 30 and June 1, 2022.
Morka disclosed this while addressing journalists on Wednesday after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, but did not go into details as to why the decision was made.
However, appearing on Channels Television on Wednesday evening, the party’s mouthpiece explained, among other reasons, that the adjustment was made to enable the party’s committee review and ensure that all of the steps that it is taking complied with both its constitution and also the Electoral Act.
According to Morka, “The APC, like other political parties, is working with a very tight time frame which was rolled out by INEC. And given the volume of work we have to do, we feel that pressure.
“So, we try to meet that deadline and then again without compromising the integrity of the work we’re doing. So, we’ve adjusted the time to enable us to review and ensure that all of the steps that we’re taking comply with both our constitution and also the Electoral Act.
“So, it’s time we’ve decided to afford to ensure that not only we’re just working to comply, but to comply properly.
“We’re buying a little time to ensure that if there were glitches, we’re going to fix them before we have to push information to INEC. Because if they move to INEC, you can’t recall them.”
The party spokesperson also revealed that the mode of primary to elect the presidential candidate of the party would be made known in the guidelines that would be made available by the party.
Morka noted that the NWC has also approved a revised timetable schedule of activities for the House of Assembly, National Assembly and Governorship primaries.
Morka added that the election appeals for governorship and the House of Representatives would take place on Friday, 27th May 2022, while the appeals for the Senate and House of Assembly primaries would take place on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
He stressed that the leadership of the party has not taken any decision as regards the zoning of the presidential ticket of the party.