The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has advised political parties to abide by electoral guidelines and party principles in the manner of conduct of their primaries for the Anambra Governorship election scheduled for Nov. 28, 2017.
Prof. Antonia Okoosi-Simbine, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman Elections and Party Monitoring Committee, made the statement recently.
She said part of INEC job was to register and regulate political parties.
“The only way we can regulate political party is to make sure that they follow the contents of the law they themselves brought forward to us as the guiding principles for all their activities.
“So we will like them to follow that before coming to us, because many elections in the 2015 general elections were thrown out because primaries were badly conducted.
“When primaries were badly conducted and the court quashes such elections, the party involved will have no opportunity to take part in the re-run, meaning that the party has lost at the end.
“We will love them to do their primaries according to the rules and regulations guiding their various political parties.
“They should allow the will of their members to prevail,’’ she said.
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