According to the PDP, political differences notwithstanding, it expects Buhari to acknowledge the progress the country had made in internalising democratic culture since the return of democracy in 1999.
The party stated this in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, on Sunday, while reacting to comments by Buhari during a visit to Kano.
The Congress for Progressive Change’s presidential candidate for the 2011 general elections had said the ruling PDP had breached the 1999 Constitution on many occasions.
But the PDP said it was shocked by such comments. “We shudder that a former Head of State under whose watch freedom of expression landed many Nigerians in detention on account of his obnoxious decrees, and who now enjoys such freedom, is utterly ungrateful to the efforts of our great party in advancing the cause of democracy.
“If the CPC leadership does not understand what the rule of law is, let’s oblige them with little details. And for General Buhari, the evangelist of Rule of law, Nigerians wish to know if unlawful incitement of the populace to violence and attack on the institutions of democracy is part of the rule of law,” the statement said in part.
The PDP advised Buhari to concentrate on giving Nigerians alternative ideas and plan of action to what the party had at present or even engage it in a public debate on the values of good governance. It reminded Buhari of what Nigerians went through under his regime.
The Congress for Progressive Change’s presidential candidate for the 2011 general elections had said the ruling PDP had breached the 1999 Constitution on many occasions.
But the PDP said it was shocked by such comments. “We shudder that a former Head of State under whose watch freedom of expression landed many Nigerians in detention on account of his obnoxious decrees, and who now enjoys such freedom, is utterly ungrateful to the efforts of our great party in advancing the cause of democracy.
“If the CPC leadership does not understand what the rule of law is, let’s oblige them with little details. And for General Buhari, the evangelist of Rule of law, Nigerians wish to know if unlawful incitement of the populace to violence and attack on the institutions of democracy is part of the rule of law,” the statement said in part.
The PDP advised Buhari to concentrate on giving Nigerians alternative ideas and plan of action to what the party had at present or even engage it in a public debate on the values of good governance. It reminded Buhari of what Nigerians went through under his regime.
