Monday, June 17, 2013
INEC Treathens To Penalise Parties For Early campaigns over 2015 Elections
WARY of the prospect of the nation being thrown into political tumult by early campaigns ahead of the 2015 general elections and the threat this poses to good governance, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Sunday urged parties to adhere to the tenets of the Section 99(1) of the Electoral Act 2010. The section states that the period of campaigning in public by every political party shall commence 90 days before polling day and end 24 hours prior to thatday. Giving the warning Sunday, the electoral body observed that some politicians and registered political parties had begun unbridled campaigns towards the forthcoming general elections, thereby heating up the polity. In a statement Sunday, the Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Kayode Robert Idowu, said the commission had observed that campaign posters were being indiscriminately displayed, while electioneering broadcasts were being aired outside the statutory provision for campaigning towards elections into various elective offices. He said that the trend was unhealthy and portended ill for the political process, “indeed, it is a threat to Nigeria’s democracy.” Calling on the key players in politics to adhere to the tenets of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended, Idowu said:
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