The Peoples Democratic Party,
PDP, on Monday insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s “private voyage” to
London without transmitting power was an act of dereliction.
PDP said the move confirms that
the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Buhari-led presidency “are not
interested in governance but seeks to vacate our constitutional order and foist
an authoritarian system on our country.”
A statement signed by PDP’s
spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan urged Nigerians to unite in condemning the “act
of impunity in the interest of our nation”.
The statement read further: “Such
dereliction of office can only come from leaders, who do not have respect for
the people they governed but always muscling their way to power through
intimidation, harassment as well as official manipulations, as witnessed in the
rigging of the February 23 Presidential election by the APC.
“Moreover, Mr. President’s
abandoning of governance, particularly at this critical time when our nation is
facing grave security and economic challenges, signposts the level of impunity
and recklessness that will characterize our nation in the next four years, if
the stolen Presidential mandate is not retrieved from the APC.
“What else, beside an
authoritarian propensity, can explain why the Buhari Presidency relegated our
Constitutional Order by declaring the application of Section 145 of the 1999
Constitution (as amended) which directs that the President transmits power
whenever he is travelling out of the country on vacation, as a mere “convention”.
“Authoritarian tendencies are
usually characterized by absolute lack of trust on other government
functionaries, which could likely explain the failure to transmit power to the
Vice President. Such proclivity can also lead to a sequestering of institutions
of government, if not checked.
“The import of this relegation of
Section 145 is also a clear absence of a constitutional command structure which
leaves our nation at the mercy of the extremely corrupt, vicious and
anti-people cabal with whom President Buhari presided over the most corrupt and
most incompetent administration, which wrecked our economy, divided our nation
and opened her up for escalated insecurity.
“Such dereliction at the high
levels emboldens bandits, bolsters insurgents and fuels cruel acts such as
extra-judicial killing, illegal arrests, detention of innocent citizens,
constitutional violations, attack on institutions of democracy as well as
reckless looting of our national treasury by members of the cabal because they
know that “nothing will happen.
“Our nation, is in dire need of a
legitimate, people-oriented, responsible and responsive government that will
foster respect for rule of law as well as due regard to other arms and
institutions of government, particularly the judiciary and the legislature, in
ensuring the general wellbeing and security of all Nigerians.”
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