Former federal lawmaker and activist, Shehu Sani, has said that no politician has ever made electoral reforms that led to their downfall apart from former President Goodluck Jonathan.
Sani spoke in Abuja on Thursday as one of the discussants at
the first Roundtable of Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, with the theme, the
Role of the Judiciary in Nigeria’s Democratic Sustainability.’
The former Senator, who represented Kaduna central
senatorial district in the 8th assembly, said there is no integrity among
politicians.
“Well, I had the privilege of being in the civil society and
I’ve been in politics. And if you mix these two experiences you’ll be able to
know the two sides and also to be able to understand where the issues are,” he
said.
“As activists, our thinking fundamentally differs from
politicians. I’m still trying to find out if there’s any electoral reform
Nigerian politicians cannot reconvent.
“We talk about the judiciary as the last hope of the common
man, why are the political parties not the last hope of the common man, why is
INEC not the last hope of the common man, why is the Presidency, the military,
Senate and House of Reps not the last hope of the common man?
“We want a perfect judiciary in an imperfect system. In the
field of activism, we’ve two sets of ideas – this is wrong and this is right –
politicians don’t have that.
“We expert more from our judiciary. No president will make
electoral reform that would lead to his downfall in office, only Jonathan.
“Only Jonathan appointed a Chairman of INEC he never knew
and never met. Only Jonathan can introduce a data capturing machine and ended
up being captured,” he said.
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