THE Democratic Peoples’ Congress (DPC) has approached an Abuja High Court to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to released its certificate of registration and recognise it as one of the fully registered political parties in the country, claiming that it has fulfilled all the necessary requirements to be registered as a political party.
DPC noted that it submitted all the documents that were required by INEC, in addition to paying the compulsory N1 million registration fee. The party added that the commission has earlier written to acknowledge the receipt of its document and which it followed with an inspection visit to the party’s national headquarters in Abuja.
Briefing the media after its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting yesterday in Abuja, the legal adviser of the party, Ezekiel Vem Ofou, noted that the DPC decided to seek legal action to get it registered by INEC because having fulfilled all the necessary requirements as provided in the electoral act, the party believed that INEC has deliberately denied it registration.
The interim National Publicity Secretary of the party, Hon. Chinedu Onyema, noted that it has become incumbent on INEC to register the DPC as a political party, stressing that the party frowns at the delayed tactics being employed by the commission to conclude the process of its registration.
The party urged the INEC chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega to tow the path of honour and release its certificate of registration in the interest of justice, democracy and good conscience, stressing that an open, free and honest electoral system is fundamental to the attainment of a democratic society. It also noted that an effective government requires a strong, responsible and effective political party system.
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