It also states that public officers are reminded about the position of the law, and are advised to refrain altogether from taking part in
primary elections of political parties.
I believe we should end
primary elections for the Democrats and Republicans and let each party pay for its own conventions as minor parties are required to do presently.
The APC chief explained to his supporters from the five local governments in Ekiti North, who were also the party's ward chairmen until after the governorship election of July 2018, that he had documents from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prove that
primary elections did not hold in the district and that they should not despair.
Mr Keorapetse said issues emanating from
primary elections would be dealt with at the conference by party members.
The political parties would be sweating over
primary elections and the precinct, county and Senate district elections that follow.
Oregon's
primary election system, the first of its kind in the nation, celebrated its 100th birthday last month, but many voters did not attend the party.
The court held that Adebutu, who was nominated by the National Working Committee of PDP for the governorship election, cannot maintain his suit against the defendants because the
primary election that produced him was conducted in violation of a subsisting court judgment.
The weekend
primary elections results were not conclusive as two wards out of seven, are yet to go back to the polls at a date to be communicated.
During the next several weeks, The Register-Guard will be offering its editorial endorsements in contested races on Oregon's May 18
primary election ballot.
Speaking on behalf of the aspirants before the court, a former Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr Kenneth Olawale, told the court that there was not
primary election in the State through which the candidates of the party could have emerged for the next year's general election.
As the BDP is emerging from conducting
primary election at opposition-held constituency, Mr Masisi reiterated the need for reconciliation between candidates who contested the
primary election, highlighting that
primary elections were never meant to split the unity within the BDP, but should rather be regarded as another democratic and transparent way of choosing a leader.
Primary elections should be contested, so that public policy issues can be aired and the winning primary candidates can get their sea legs for the general election in the fall.