PDP and Rumour Mongering via thisdaylive
There is a strong rumour in town, as I write. And it has been around for about five years now. Propagators of this rumour believe themselves to be stating a fact of our general experience, when they make certain statements about the Peoples Democratic Party . The statements in question revolve around their evaluation of the actual performance profile, and status, of the party; which is one of the parties that is not in power at the centre today.
To call the PDP an opposition party, or to tag it the major opposition party in Nigeria today, is to take one “necessary” condition for real opposition party politics for a “sufficient” condition that qualifies a party for that appellation. Just as there are necessary and sufficient conditions for any creature to be called a python, or an eagle, there are also necessary and sufficient conditions for serious opposition politics.
The PDP recently held primaries to choose its flagbearer in one of the South-west states. Contrary to all calculations, the people of the state said “enough;” and rejected a deputy governor who was endorsed as the chosen candidate by the party. They voted in someone of their choice, despite threats, entreaties, money politics and the resolute and determined intervention of a concert of relevant party godfathers.
Those calling for equity today, in terms of how badly they were treated during the 2019 party primaries they personally hosted, would therefore seem not to have come to equity with clean hands. The choice of venue for that party’s last primaries, as well as the earlier mentioned foisted party leadership, laid the foundations for much that has become irreconcilable today. It is because the aggrieved is yet unforgiving that the party is nowhere near about being mended.
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