Nigeria: Constitution Amendment, Ploy to Sabotage 2011 Elections - AC

Abuja — The Action Congress (AC) has cried out over the dangers posed to the success of the 2011 elections by the recent Constitution amendment, especially Sections 132 and 178, saying the coming into force of these provisions must be suspended to ensure free, fair and credible elections next year.

In a statement issued in Lagos yesterday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the National Assembly must repeat its 'Doctrine of Necessity' a precedent, which the assembly set despite opposition from certain quarters to suspend the provisions, so that they will not be applicable to the 2011 elections, in order not to sabotage the elections, and by extension, the country's democracy.

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