Chairman of the Anambra State chapter of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Chief Ken Emeakayi, has faulted the registration as a political party of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The IPC Chairman said the APC has breached several sections of the Constitution and the Electoral Act that it ought not to have been registered. Emeakayi told newsmen in Abuja said the APC also breached the IPAC code of conduct by overheating the polity and consistently attacking President Goodluck Jonathan, some members of his cabinet and National Publicity Secretary of the PDP.
He gave the INEC one week ultimatum to de-register the APC or face court action. “We demand apology from the party or they de-link themselves from such sponsored and orchestrated attacks. We are not holding forth for any political party, but if any other party should do what APC is doing now, we shall not hesitate to call such a party to order. We want the APC to raise issues and attack issues not to attack individuals.
Emeakayi further said that the continued existence of APC also contravenes Section 222 of the Constitution, which provides for the election of officers of a political party on a periodic basis and “we have brought this to the notice of INEC that more than eight months to their registration, no officer of APC is elected.
“Also, Section 8 (7) of the Electoral Act, says INEC should de-register any political party that fails to fulfill its duties as a political party. We also query their launch of manifesto nine months after its registration, so, with what manifesto were they registered?
“Also, nine months after registration, they were talking about membership registration, not membership revalidation. So, we ask again, who were the members of the party when INEC registered them?” he queried.
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