Former President, Dr Goodlouck Jonathan on Saturday
expressed optimism that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will resolve the
crisis in the party and come out stronger.
Jonathan who spoke at his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa
while receiving the peace plan by the Governor Seriake Dickson led PDP
reconciliation Committee noted that resorting to courts for political
disagreements was abnormal.
He applauded the Dickson led committee for getting the
two factions of the party to the negotiating table adding that a truce was in
sight given the commitments so far given by the stakeholders of the PDP.
He noted that there was an urgent need to return the
power of the ballot to the people arguing that litigation had surrendered the
mandate of the people to the judiciary.
“I have always believed that political differences should
be resolved outside the courts, but unfortunately we are already involved with
it and gone up to the supreme court, but we are hopeful of a political
solution.
“Party politics is supposed to be a family and ought to
be resolved amicably without resorting to the courts,”Jonathan said.
Gov. Dickson of Bayelsa said that he accepted the
challenge of rebuilding the PDP to express gratitude to the party that gave
Bayelsa the platform to lead Nigeria under Jonathan presidency.
He said that the state remained a stronghold of PDP and
said that the political option remained the best option for the party.
He noted that Jonathan laid the foundations for a political
solution when he convened a meeting of PDP governors a few weeks ago that
approved the peace plan.
He noted that the report which was a roadmap to achieving
peace was open to review and urged stakeholders with ideas to rebuild the pary
to table them for discussion.
The reconciliation committee members were accompanied by
PDP chieftains in the state including the party’s representatives at the
National Assembly.
Speaking earlier, a member of the reconciliation
committee Engr.Mohammed Gana noted that Jonathan epitomized peace in the way he
conceded defeat at the last general elections, a development that stabilized
the co untry.
Gana applauded Jonathan for his efforts at rebuilding the
party and urged stakeholders and party loyalists to support the efforts of the reconciliation committee.
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