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Home»ACNN News Update»‘Ballot Not Courts Should Decide Election Winners’, Jonathan Pushes For Reforms
ACNN News Update

‘Ballot Not Courts Should Decide Election Winners’, Jonathan Pushes For Reforms

ACNN TVBy ACNN TVApril 13, 2021No Comments1 Min Read
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has advocated the need for legislation that will prevent the courts from declaring a winner in an election.

Speaking with journalists on Monday in Abuja, Jonathan insisted that the situation where the judiciary is allowed to declare winners in an election, because of electoral fraud should not be abhorred, as it is undemocratic.

He explained that the ballot papers should be the only means of choosing political leaders, adding that when a politician or the electoral system is found wanting, the courts should only be made to order for a re-run and not to declare a winner.

“Ballot papers should be the basis of selecting political officeholders. If it is the judiciary that should select them then we are not yet there,” Jonathan said.

“I am not saying the judiciary is not doing well but our laws should suppress the idea of our judiciary returning candidates. The ballots should decide who occupies the councillorship seat up to the presidency; that is democracy.”

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