The Peoples Democratic Party has said that it is not contemplating a
change of identity, noting that the vision of its founding fathers
remains timeless.
The party also said it was open to merging with other political
parties and associations that shared its ideals.
The party insisted that it was still a national political party with
the strength and spread to regain pre-eminence, despite losing control
of the Federal Government and some states in the last general
elections.
A statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa
Metuh, in Abuja on Sunday, said that "having been the guardian of
Nigerian democracy for 16 years during which it nurtured and blossomed
democratic governance as well as etched its name in the pantheon of
good governance, the PDP will not in the circumstance of ephemeral
loss of power change its identity or its time-honoured characteristic
values."
The party said though it was committed to its present structures, it
would not close its doors to other political parties wishing to be
assimilated into its fold as the best vehicle for the fulfillment of
political aspirations of all Nigerians regardless of tribe and
religion.
It said, "We have a name, tradition and values. Sixteen fruitful years
as the guardian of Nigerian democracy cannot be nullified by the
reason of a temporary setback. We shall rise beyond all and regain our
rhythm.
"Our colour remains green, white and red and power still belongs to
the people. And to assert that we are proud of the successes of our
successive leaders in taking Nigeria to its present height is an
understatement, which the passage of the next four years under the All
Progressives Congress will certainly prove."
The party added that the fact that it was going into opposition would
not mitigate its ability as the flagship of democracy, maintaining
that it would soar higher in providing credible alternative as a
constructive opposition, "far removed from the wrathful destruction
that the APC lived thus far."
--PUNCH
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