The Catholic Archbishop of Lagos, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale-Martins, has criticised the delegate method used by political parties in the country to select party flag bearers ahead of the 2023 general election.
Adewale-Martins stated this in an interview with NAN in Lagos on Tuesday.
He described it as utopian and defective to give only a few party members the right to elect party standard-bearers.
Adewale-Martins expressed dissatisfaction with moneybag politics and called for the repeal of electoral law provisions that allow parties to choose their flag bearers through delegates.
“There is a need for us to change the process with an open party member’s primary to make it more acceptable and inclusive.”
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“Its fault is that a moneybag politician can buy the conscience of the delegates to do his bidding at the expense of the party and the polity.” In the end, the worst candidate may emerge.
“If you feel the impulse of the people on what is happening; the kind of characters this lopsided process is manifesting, you will notice that the people are unhappy with the process’s products,” he said.