The Labour Party (LP) has announced that it will cast one collective ballot to choose the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives.
This was said by Victor Ogene, the leader of the Labour Party in the House, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja.
Ogene stated that the LP had not yet decided on a specific candidate, but that once a choice had been selected, a bloc vote would be held.
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“The LP has yet to decide on a particular candidate, but I can assure you that we are going to vote en bloc, the consultation is on. I do not know those we will vote for yet, but I know those we will not vote for, “he said.
Ogene said that at the end of the day, one candidate would emerge and it was going to be from the ruling APC.
‘’I just want to tell you that we will not be railroaded into choosing anybody; it will be a conscious decision,’’ he said.
He added that the LP members would support a speaker who would be answerable to all of the 10th national assembly’s members and that they would resist any undue involvement or influence in the selection of the Speaker.
“A speaker is first and foremost a member, so the LP will do all within its power to ensure it unites behind a candidate who would not kowtow to the whims and caprices of the executive.
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“If someone is imposed from outside, it does not go well, he has lost his legitimacy from members, so he will always rush back to where he got his endorsement.”
He asserted that an environment of freedom would exist if members were free to make their own decisions, and he added that a speaker in such a situation would be answerable to both the members who elected him and the general public.
When asked what the LP would do if the PDP, the primary opposition party, decided to support the ruling party, Ogene responded that the LP would maintain its stance of standing by a candidate and not letting Nigerians down.
“People who got elected on the platform of LP did not just get elected, they got elected on a wave and a movement of the Nigerian people and they cannot afford to let the people down.
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“Nigerians are watching, yes it is an election of presiding officers of the House of Representatives where we belong, but it also concerns everybody.
“So for LP, if the other parties are cool jumping in bed with the governing party, I can assure you that the LP will not do that even if it means standing alone, we will be ready to make that statement.”
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