President Goodluck
Jonathan has finally
agreed to allow the bulk of senators elected under the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to be granted automatic tickets to contest in the 2015
elections.
Although details of how the
arrangement would be worked out were not available, Sunday Vanguard gathered
that the lawmakers and Jonathan agreed that at least 40 senators be given
automatic ticket and allowed to return to the legislature if they win the
election.
The president had met with PDP
senators last Wednesday where the lawmakers allegedly tabled their grievances
for Jonathan to address.
A source at the PDP national
headquarters in Abuja told Sunday Vanguard that the senators initially
requested that all of them be given right of refusal so that there won’t be
rancour that usually trails party primaries.
However, it was pointed out that
such an option may not be popular because some of the senators are not
particularly sell-able to the electorate because of their abysmal performance.
The new agreement reached between
PDP senators and Jonathan may pitch the president against some of the party’s
governors who want to go to the Senate after their tenure next year.
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