The Special Adviser to the President of Political
Matters, Alhaji Ali Gulak has condemned the
threat by the All Progressive Congress, (APC) to
order its members to abstain from acting on
any executive bill until the Presidency restrains
its agents from interfering in the crisis in Rivers
State.
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Specifically, the opposition party, which has
gained membership strength from the series of
defections from the ruling Peoples Democratic
Party, (PDP), said it would order its members
not to participate in the debate for the 2014
Budget, the choice of Service Chiefs and
Ministerial nominees sent to the National
Assembly by President Goodluck Jonathan.
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But the Special Adviser to the President of
Political Matters, Alhaji Gulak said the role of
the opposition party in a democratic
governance is to provide credible and
constructive opposition to the ruling party by
offering constructive criticism and alternative
solutions rather than plot to derail the
democratic rule with threats to abandon it
constitutional obligations.
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In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday,
Alhaji Gulak said the threat by APC to order its
members in the National Assembly to stop
debate on the 2014 Budget and the list of
persons sent to it for confirmation as Ministers
exposes the plot by the opposition to derail the
nation’s democratic rule as such action is
meant to jeopardise social and economic
activities in the country.
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According to Gulak, “this is tantamount to
declaration of war on the people of Nigeria by
the opposition party and no responsible
government would fold its arms and watch this
happen, the opposition is taking the limits of its
functions too far”.
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He said the opposition party is hiding behind
the political crisis in Rivers State to expose its
hidden agenda to make the country
ungovernable. We have contended with the
violent arm of this agenda in Northern states in
the past three years and it appears that those
behind the violent opposition to the Goodluck
Jonathan administration want to expand the
theater of its operation.
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