We won’t degenerate into what APC has become in our realignment, PDP says

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has emphasised its readiness to align with other political parties and any one interested in joining the party in other to win the 2019 presidential election.

The party however said in doing that it will ensure it does not degenerate into what the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has become after coming into power through a merger of different political parties.

The Chairman of the PDP’s Strategy Review and Inter-Party Affairs, Professor Jerry Gana, who made this disclosure when he briefed newsmen in Abuja on Thursday after the committee’s meeting, added that already, the party had commenced talks with notable members of the opposition on the need for them to join hands in order to dethrone the APC from the presidential seat.

The committee was inaugurated recently by the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the PDP, to work out means and make recommendations on how the PDP can wrest power from the APC.

“On the progress of the alliance, I would not like to give details of what is being recommended. But the PDP is desirous of attracting all the lovers of democracy across the country as we move forward.

“But there are details I cannot divulge at the moment because the committee’s recommendations will be passed on to the party’s leadership. It will not be wise to disclose the details before we submit the report.

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“On the issue of mega party, we are not yet aware of PDP’s involvement but all we can say is that the party wants to relate with the lovers of democracy in all the parties.

“We have a syndicate committee which is chaired by a former Deputy President of the Senate, Ibrahim Mantu. They are to give us the guidelines for any realignment plan and the number of parties that are willing to join us. Our engagement will be based on principles and clear guidelines,” Gana said.

He went further to say, “But that does not mean we would do anything that would make us to degenerate into what is happening to the ruling APC.

“PDP wants a solid and united party. The PDP is the only party that you can find in every ward and it is the only party that has not changed its name, and we are not going to change the name of our party. “

 

 

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