Guardian
17 March 2011
Editor Opinion - Editorial .
THE Political Parties Code of Conduct 2011 prepared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to guide the behaviour of the political parties in the coming elections has met, for various reasons, with reactions that range from acceptance through criticism and condemnation to outright rejection by the 63 political groupings. The code as put together by INEC in collaboration with the International Republican Institute (IRI), and reportedly with inputs from the political parties, essentially demands that the leaders and members of the parties “adhere to all existing laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to elections, as well as the provisions of the extant constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
THE Political Parties Code of Conduct 2011 prepared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to guide the behaviour of the political parties in the coming elections has met, for various reasons, with reactions that range from acceptance through criticism and condemnation to outright rejection by the 63 political groupings. The code as put together by INEC in collaboration with the International Republican Institute (IRI), and reportedly with inputs from the political parties, essentially demands that the leaders and members of the parties “adhere to all existing laws, rules, and regulations pertaining to elections, as well as the provisions of the extant constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.
Details of the provisions include that parties do not engage in “violent activities or intimidation of any kind”, that “…no weapon or any object that can be used to cause injury shall be brought to the polling station…” and that … “no party attire, colours, symbols, emblems, or other insignia shall be worn to any polling station on election day”. The code is not a novelty though as parties were made to sign something similar in the countdown to the 2007 elections.
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