Some opposition political parties in Rivers State have faulted the rescreening and confirmation of nine commissioner-designates by the River State House of Assembly, describing it as illegal.
Gogo Welington, the spokesperson of the Labour Party, stated this in Port Harcourt, insisting that the House, currently is not properly constituted.informationguidenigeria
He further said the issue of the 27 lawmakers who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress is now a constitutional matter.
PUNCH reports that stated, “It is a constitutional matter and you know some of these matters are before the courts of competent jurisdiction. They should allow the courts to take their decision.”JAMB Result
Expressing his backing of recent protest by some groups in the state that the lawmakers must vacate their seats for cross carpeting, he noted that the law is clear on the issue of defection.NYSC Portal
He added, “For the protest, the people are right, because the law is very clear that if you defect to another party, you are ready to vacate your seat if there is no internal wrangling in your party.
“And in the PDP, there is no wrangling. So the 27 members of the Assembly should know that their seats are already vacant, because constitutionally, they had already left the PDP.”
Similarly, the state chairman of Zenith Labour Party, Ben Ogbobula, explained that the courts should be allowed to make pronouncements on the issues, since most of the matters are already in court.JAMB Result
He said, “Following up the suits that are already in place trying to determine their legality or illegality, because several suits have been instituted on this matter.JAMB Portal
“So for them to continue to sit and act as though they are unaware of the laws that they are supposed to protect and make is something that calls for us to wake up as a people and demand that these people stop insulting our sensibilities as citizens of the state.”
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