Ondo guber: No automatic, preferred aspirant-Ondo PDP
By Mary Agidi
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The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo state has said that there wouldn’t be an imposition of any aspirant and that the party is committed to produce a candidate whose emergence would be transparent for the forthcoming 2020 governorship election in the state.
The party affirmed that about 12 aspirants have indicated interest to be the party flagbearer and that there wouldn’t be an automatic or preferred candidate.
Speaking, the PDP’s state Director of Publicity, Mr. Oluwadurotimi Zadok who made the party’s position known to The Hope stated that it is against the constitution of the party to have an automatic candidate, noting that if there would be a consensus, it would be the general agreement of the members.
His words: ” We are going to provide a free and very fair environment for all contestants; while we might have had a candidate in the last elections which we lost, we don’t intend to have an automatic candidate.
” All our candidates will show their strength and prove to the people and the party that they have the capacity to govern this state; we are going to bring forth a candidate that will be supported by every member of the party because the process of his emergence will be free and fair’.
According to him, all citizens of the state have the right to contest under the party, noting that the issue of zoning is at the discretion of the State Working Committee and will be decided based on the interest of the members.
The PDP’s spokesperson noted that the aspirants are united, contrary to the insinuation in some quarters that crisis is already erupting within the party in respect of the governorship candidate, adding that the aspirants have been assured of same treatment.
” The party doesn’t have a favourite candidate, why we might have had a candidate at the last gubernatorial election, it does not make an automatic candidate in this election because it is a political party.
” All those who are in PDP and are willing to lead the state have the right to contest and they are all going for the primary and whosoever wins would be supported by others because we are a united party, there is no crisis”, he said.
