Ugly Progressives Change Contest Rules When They Dont Like the Result
Ugly Progressives Change Contest Rules When They Don #39;t Like the Result.
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Progressives- Compassionate and Empathetic or Evil Monsters?
Progressives- Compassionate and Empathetic or Evil Monsters?
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The Progressives Governors Forum on Wednesday declared its support for consensus method of choosing the presidential as well as other candidates for the All Progressives Congress.
The Chairman, Progressive Governors Forum, Chief Rochas Okorocha, while addressing journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on the decisions reached by the Forum, said neither the party nor the forum had adopted any candidate.
He said the forum, which comprised APC governors, was in support of consensus method of choosing candidates so long as there was no imposition of candidates.
He added that in the event of not arriving at a consensus candidate, the party would then go for credible and transparent primaries.
Okorocha said, On consensus, our forum is in full support of consensus as one of the ways to produce our presidential candidate or any candidate in the party for as long as it is done with regards for internal democracy. There will be no imposition of candidate in our party.
Our Forum has not adopted any candidate neither has the Governors Forum adopted any candidate but we shall encourage consensus and dialogue within the leadership of the party and aspirants to see how we come up with a candidate. But where that is not possible, like true progressives, we shall have a free and fair primaries from the APC.
He also decried the dwindling revenue coming to the states, adding that it had become so terrible that some states were finding it difficult to pay their workers salaries.
Okorocha said the forum planned to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan on the issue and pleaded with the President to grant the meeting.
In this piece, UMAR MOHAMMED analyses the chances of the ruling All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in the countdown to the 2015 governorship election in Nasarawa State
Last weeks decision by a former Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr. Labaran Maku, to ease himself out of the federal cabinet and join the race to govern his state of origin, Nasarawa, did not come as a surprise.
Having served as deputy governor of the state before his appointment as minister, close associates argue that he had always nursed the ambition of becoming governor.
He is not alone. Maku is only one of several chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party who are plotting to oust the incumbent Governor, Tanko Al-Makura, of the All Progressives Congress.
While Al-Makura is likely to enjoy a smooth sail by clinching his partys ticket, the same cannot be said about the PDP where the struggle for the ticket is expected to be fierce.
Nasarawa, like most states of the federation, is not immune to the intrigues which have come to characterise Nigerian politics.
The state chapter of the PDP parades three power brokers who individually command the popularity which could earn them considerable support. Their failure to reach a consensus on who should represent the party at the election is likely to have telling consequences on the electoral fortunes of the party.
Political pundits resident in the state are of the opinion that the PDP would have an uphill task putting its house in order to mount a serious challenge to the APC if the events of 2011 are anything to go by.
Some have also argued that although the PDP has dominated the political scene in the state since 1999, none of its victories can be considered a landslide. Most of the election results have been subjected to litigations. It will be recalled that the Congress for Progressive Change, which has fused with other opposition political parties to form the APC, beat the PDP with a little over 3,000 votes during the 2011 governorship election.
It is a generally held belief that the then ruling PDP lost to the CPC largely due to the internal squabbles within the PDP. Analysts are of the opinion that the then governor, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe-Doma, had difficulties rallying party faithful into a force that could retain power.
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DENVER A Project Veritas undercover video released Wednesday shows pro-Democrat field workers in Colorado discussing ways to commit voter fraud under the states new all-mail election system.
Project Veritas Action founder James O'Keefe is shown having discussions with staffers from Work for Progress, Greenpeace and a Democratic state legislative campaign about pilfering mail-in ballots from trash cans or double-registering with another state.
Critics countered that the video doesnt show anyone actually engaging in voter fraud and accused Mr. O'Keefe heavily baiting his targets into making incriminating statements.
At one point in the nearly eight-minute video, the 30-year-old Mr. O'Keefe, wearing a disguise to make him look older, tells Work for Progress state director Meredith Hicks that they should use discarded ballots to vote.
I mean, they cheat and lie and steal all the time. They do, Mr. O'Keefe tells Ms. Hicks in the undercover video.
She replies: I mean, thats not even lying or stealing. If someone throws out a ballot, if you want to fill it out, you should do it. It doesnt have anyones name on it yet.
Work for Progress, which is providing field troops to help re-elect Democratic Sen. Mark Udall, did not immediately return a phone call asking for comment. Mr. Udall is locked in a tough re-election battle with Republican Rep. Cory Gardner.
On Twitter, David Corn, a liberal columnist and Mother Jones editor, accused Mr. O'Keefe of selective editing, saying, James, wheres the video of the Democratic staffers who said what you and your crew proposed to do would be wrong?
The video also shows a Greenpeace staffer recommends searching for discarded ballots in apartment buildings in north Aurora, which she calls ghetto Aurora.
South [Aurora] is like Yuppieville, she says. But north Aurora is a lot of people who, I hate to put in clichs, but people dont care. They just, kind of like the lower class, they just dont really [inaudible].
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Undercover video shows progressives condoning voter fraud in Colorado