Bayelsa State caucus of NASS writes PDP, wants Sylva cleared

THE Bayelsa Statecaucus of the National Assembly (NASS) has written to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), demanding that the state governor, Timipre Sylva, be allowed to contest the gubernatorial primary of the party in the state because he had already been screened and cleared.In a letter dated November 9, 2011, which was addressed to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party, the caucus claimed that the governor, legally speaking, had been cleared and qualified to contest in the primary election.The caucus held that anything short of this would be a violation of the supremacy of the constitution of the party.The caucus stated that subjecting Sylva to any further scrutiny by the NWC was 'illegal, manifestly at variance with the PDP constitution and the Electoral Guidelines for Primary Elections 2010 and therefore null and void.'It argued that the uncertainty being created in the state was causing confusion and therefore demanded 'with all sense of responsibility' that Sylva and all other aspirants screened and cleared by the Gubernatorial Screening Committee and the Gubernatorial Screening Appeal Panel should be allowed to contest the primary election in line with the tenets of democracy and the rule of law.
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