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All Progressives Congress in Ekiti has accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of plottingto force state workers to vote for Peoples Democratic Party in the Saturday elections or be prepared to lose their jobs.

The party also accused the governor of deceiving the people by promising them jobs not available.

But Fayose, who denied the allegations said the people should discountenance the opposition party.

A statement by APC Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatubosun, said the plan to inaugurate an Appointment Committee to prepare grounds for massive employment is a hoax.

Olatubosun said Ekiti people should note that all the committee members that Fayose would announce at the inauguration ceremony slated for the Government House would be mainly aggrieved PDP members who are influential in their communities.

He said this was a grand lie and deceit, adding that the governor had no plan to appoint anybody as repeatedly said since he assumed duties.

He added that the governor had raised two panels working hard to enlist the support of the civil servants and teachers with the order that the workers must deliver their units for PDP or face sack if they failed.

You would recall that some teachers were recently transferred from the city to remote areas. This is a reward for not showing commitment to President Jonathans project, which is so important to the governor. This daily harassment and coercion of teachers and civil servants has rendered them frustrated and traumatized as they have become helpless and resigned to fate,Olatubosun added.

But denying the allgeations on Wednesday on behalf of the governor, the State Publciity Secretary of PDP, Mr. Joseph Adaraniwon, accused the APC of trying to mislead the people.

He said, The governor does not have to coerce workers to vote for Jonathan when he is paying their salary and allowances regularly. He is a friend of workers.

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Progressive groups pressed for President Benigno Aquinos resignation at a rally in Manila last Friday. Marching from various points in Metro Manila, they converged at the historic Mendiola bridge where they sounded like they were, for the nth time, simply haranguing the chief executive for hours on end. Cynics said the event was nothing new in terms of its usual participants and tirades.

But something felt different about the event. Among other things, the paraphernalia were more varied and colourful; the protesters were more upbeat. It seemed they were up to something not quite the usual.

It must be recalled that progressive groups, at the outset, accorded President Aquino the benefit of the doubt. Following his landslide win in the 2010 presidential elections and his promises that his will be a better government than his immediate predecessor, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and its kind did not burn the presidents effigy during his first State of the Nation Address. The gesture, noted journalist Inday Espina-Varona, hinted on a promise that the progressives would cautiously read the lay of the land for once.

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Yves here. Im a bit less concerned with doctrinal correctness than siding with someone who happens to be on the right side of an issue. For instance, Elizabeth Warren is doing a fine job of going after big Finance, but that is no reason to give her a free pass for her willingness to go along with the American empire project. Similarly, the fact that Ron Wyden often votes on the left side does not mean voters should go soft on him on the TPP.

By Gaius Publius, a professional writer living on the West Coast of the United States and frequent contributor to DownWithTyranny, digby, Truthout, Americablog, and Naked Capitalism. Follow him on Twitter @Gaius_Publius, Tumblr and Facebook.A version of this piece first appeared at Down With Tyranny. GP article archive here.

Are progressives willing to attack Ron Wyden on TPP? The question isnt mine its from the National Journal (my emphasis throughout):

Are Progressives Willing to Attack One of Their Own on Free Trade?

Ron Wyden is seen as a strong progressive on many social and security issues, but his views on the Trans-Pacific Partnership may go too far for Oregonian progressives.

In recent months, progressives have been voicing their opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership. And they might try and make an example out of Sen. Ron Wyden over it, even though hes been a reliable ally for years.

The free trade agreement, which would involve 12 Asia-Pacific countriesincluding the U.S. along with countries like Mexico, Japan and Canadacould account for 40 percent of global GDP and one-third of all world trade. Progressive groups say that the deal is no good: it could ship more jobs overseas, undercut environmental and labor standards, and increase Internet censorship. The deals future may rest with Wyden, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, and his support for the partnership has some progressives thinking about going after one of their own in their fight against the deal.

Wydens support for the partnership has led the Oregon wing of the Working Families Party, a minor political party that supports progressive candidates and causes, to challenge Wyden in his next Senate race in 2016, the partys state director Karly Edwards told National Journal on Wednesday. The group takes issue with Wydens support for trade promotion authority, also known as fast track, which would allow the Obama administration to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership with other nations without having Congress amend or filibuster. Its also not a fan of Wydens previous support for the North American Free Trade Agreement and the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

Wyden has a track record of supporting job-killing trade deals, Edwards said, adding that the party also opposed Wyden in 2010. We have smart, savvy voters. They will take account the entire picture.

Wyden may be an ally on some progressive issues, but hes an enemy on others:

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As Ted Cruz rallied the GOPs conservative wing with his Monday announcement that hes running for president, all-but-declared Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton quietly tried to calm her partys restive progressive wing, segments of which are actively seeking an alternative in 2016.

The former secretary of state spoke at the Washington headquarters of the liberal Center for American Progress think tank at an urban policy-focused event co-hosted by the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees union. She stuck largely to policy, praising, for example, a pre-Kindergarten program championed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, a darling of many progressives wary of Clinton.

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Clinton in particular zeroed in on the growing gap between the rich and the poor. One of the biggest issues we face is income inequality, combined with wage stagnation, the former senator said.

Cruzs announcement at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, sucked up much of the days political oxygen. Still, Clintons appearance 200 miles away was a chance for her to calm some of the jitters among progressives, many of whom fear Clinton is too close to Wall Street and wont follow through on their priorities.

On Sunday, for instance, The Boston Globe editorial board urged Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, another favorite of progressives, to run in 2016. Warren insists she wont run, but many liberal groups are still agitating for her to do so.

Clinton is currently polling far ahead of any potential challengers for the Democratic nomination, but she does have potential competition aside from Warren.

Former Maryland Gov. Martin OMalley has recently been traveling through the influential early-voting states and ratcheting up his own rhetoric against major financial institutions. OMalleys political action committee sent out a fundraising email focused on Wall Street reform just as Clinton was speaking on Monday morning.

Clinton, who avoided any mention of her 2016 ambitions on Monday, at one point said it was important to break out of the very unproductive discussion that weve had for too long where people are just in their ideological bunkers having arguments.

She was joined on the panel by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, often mentioned as a possible vice presidential choice, and the think tanks president, Neera Tanden, who served as policy director on Clintons unsuccessful 2008 White House campaign.

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All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, on Monday in Kaduna continued his campaign with a one-million-man rally.

The one-million-man march grounded the state capital as supporters of the former minister took over the major streets in the metropolis.

But the rally later turned violent as APC supporters clashed with supporters of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party in the state.

No death was recorded but some people were reportedly injured.

The APC supporters tore posters and pulled down billboards of PresidentGoodluck Jonathan, his running mate, Namadi Sambo as well as that of Governor Mukhtar Yero.

This, according to an eyewitness was in retaliation for the posters and billboards of the APC presidential candidate, Maj-Gen Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), and that of El-Rufai that were allegedly pulled down by PDP supporters in the state capital.

Our correspondent gathered that trouble started when security operatives stopped the march, which took off from the Ahmadu Bello Stadium.

The APC supporters were asked to move from there to Kaduna International Trade Fair Complex on Kaduna Zaria Expressway.

This did not go down well with the supporters, who were chanting changi(change), changi (change) dole, venting their anger on anything in sight that had the label of the ruling party.

Things almost got out of control at the popular NEPA Roundabout when some supporters of the APC allegedly attempted to scale the fence of the Goodluck/Sambo Campaign office but they were met with stiff resistance from the PDP supporters, who were on hand, leading to a free-for-all.

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