Ex Senate President, Senator David Mark, has said the recent trend of inconclusive elections does not bode well for Nigeria’s democractic process.
He said not deciding on a winner quickly will only open up ways for violence to happen.
His words, “This business of inconclusive election is very bad and if we make it a habit, it will be a very bad precedent. This is because if l know I am losing an election then, I can go and disrupt it.
“Again, if I know I cannot sell myself, can’t sell my party’s manifestoes and policies anymore because I know that on the day of elections l will go and disrupt it so that INEC can declare my election inconclusive.”
He disclosed that after his retirement from the Senate, he would keep rendering quality advice to Nigeria that would improve on the growth and development of the Nigerian youths.
His words, “Do I look like somebody who wants to quit politics? That I am not going back to the Senate does not mean I am going to retire from partisan politics.
“I will be doing whatever I can in building the nation more so for the development of our youths to make them see the nation as one united, indivisible entity.
“We have the talent and we have to harness it, then we will be great.”
“The election of the President of the Senate also translates to the selection of the chairman of the National Assembly because the person who emerges as the President of the Senate automatically becomes the chairman of the national assembly.
“Nobody should interfere in the selection of president of the Senate. The senators should choose amongst themselves who should be their leader not based on number of political parties who won elections into the chamber.”
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