WITTEN BY CHUKWUEMEKA MODILIM
The State House of Assembly has passed a resolution urging the Independent National Electoral Commission to without further delay fix and announce the date for
Anambra Central Senatorial District re-run election as ordered by the Court of Appeal.
The House passed the resolution following a motion sponsored by the member representing Onitsha North One Constituency, Mr. Chugbo Enwezor and twenty-seven others during plenary in Awka.
Section 1531 of the 1999 constitution as amended empowers the Independent National Electoral Commission to organize, undertake and supervise all elections to the offices of the President, Vice President, the Governor, Deputy Governor of a State, membership of the senate, House of Representatives and House of Assembly of each state of the federation.
It is on this basis that Mr. Enwezor sponsored the motion.
Moving the motion, the Lawmaker lamented that the continued refusal, neglect on the part of the Independent National Electoral Commission to fix the date and organize the Anambra Central Senatorial re-run election as ordered by the Court of Appeal is undemocratic and clear violation of section forty-eight subsection one fifty three of the 1999 constitution.
On his part, the member representing Anaocha One Constituency, Chief Azubuike Okoye who noted that the people of Anambra Central Senatorial District have lost a lot of democratic dividend that would come to them for the past one year their position has been vacant in the senate urged INEC to obey the court ruling.
In their contributions, the member representing Ogbaru one Constituency, Sir Benson Nwawulu, the member representing Nnewi South One constituency, Mr. Kingsley Iruba and the member for Anambra East Constituency, Mr. Obinna Emeneka added that it is a rape of democracy for a senatorial district to exist without a representative and called on INEC to conduct the re-run for Anambra Central Senatorial District election in the interest of justice.
The Speaker of the House, Barrister Rita Maduagwu described the refusal of INEC to conduct the re-run polls as undemocratic
The House adjourned sitting to sixth of June.
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