A coalition of chairmen of political parties and civil
society organisations (CSOs) has commended the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) for “strengthening the integrity of the 2023 elections” with
technologies.
In a communique on Monday, the group passed “a vote of
confidence” on Yakubu Mahmood, chairman of INEC, for “putting everything on the
line to push through with the technological innovations and reforms”.
The communique was signed by Kenneth Udenze, national
chairman of Action Alliance (AA); Uchenna Nnadi, national chairman of Action
Peoples Party (APP); Isaac Udeh, national chairman of National Rescue Movement
(NRM); Dan Nwanyawu, national chairman of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP); Lawal
Nalado, national chairman of Accord (A); and Ezenwa Nwagwu, chairman of
Partners for Electoral Reforms.
The group said the victory recorded by several political
parties in the national assembly election “speaks directly to the integrity and
credibility of the poll”.
The coalition said the introduction of the bimodal voters’
accreditation system (BVAS) and the INEC result viewing portal (IREV) “is
playing out in the various tribunals to prove the actual outcomes of the
elections”.
“The roundtable observed that in the house of
representatives, members from minority parties are in the majority in the
house, showing a truly representative house as voted by the people,” the
communique reads.
“The roundtable agrees that this speaks directly to the
integrity and credibility of the election and commended the commission for
performing well in this regard.
“The political
roundtable reviewed the technological innovations introduced by the commission,
including the bimodal voters’ accreditation system (BVAS) and the INEC result
viewing Portal (IREV) and commended both innovations as having helped to
strengthen the integrity of the elections.
“The political roundtable reviewed the pre-election internal
discipline mechanism adopted by INEC which helped reduce internal wrangling
within the political parties and the tendency for factionalisation of the
political parties.
“The political roundtable reviewed the pre-election
processes by the political parties and agreed that political parties and
political actors were responsible for a vast majority of the tension and
concerns about the election, and INEC conducted itself creditably in this area.
“The political roundtable reviewed the preparations and
pre-election logistics deployment by INEC and agreed that the commission was
punctual in meeting up and completing all its activity checklist on schedule,
including logistics deployment of non-sensitive and sensitive materials.
“The political
roundtable reviewed the role of the BVAS and the IREV in the electoral process
and commended the roles the deployment of both innovations is playing in the
various tribunals to prove the actual outcomes of the elections.”
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