Felix Morka, National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated that the party is remaining calm out of respect for the authority of the National Assembly.
He noted that unlike the opposition, the APC is not making a fuss over the recent amendments to the Electoral Act, emphasizing that the law reflects the collective work of Nigerian lawmakers.
Speaking on Arise Television’s Morning Show on Wednesday, Morka said the Electoral Act was enacted by the National Assembly under its constitutional mandate and added that the APC has no intention of intimidating anyone. “The APC isn’t the National Assembly.
We’re also affected by the Act’s mandatory e-register for parties. I don’t know where the opposition thinks we have an advantage or are skewing the process in our favour.
“The National Assembly is an agglomeration of all of the elected representatives of the people across political parties.
“Yes, we are in a majority, no doubt. But that does not mean that the Act of the National Assembly must then necessarily be ascribed or becomes ascribable to the APC.
“That will be a flaw which is unfair and actually even nonsensical. Now I don’t know what Kenneth Okonkwo was talking about, but we have the Electoral Act that was promulgated and signed by the president of the Federal Republic, and today is now law,” he said.