Members of the People’s Democratic Party Caucus in the House of Representatives on Saturday called on the Federal Government to respect June 12 as the symbol of democratic freedom and supremacy of the People’s power, giving a four-point demand to move Nigeria from the abyss of total destruction under the Buhari led administration.
The caucus said June 12 is a symbol of democratic freedom and supremacy of the People’s power and should be respected by ensuring that all tenets of democracy are adhered to
To this end, in a statement signed by the caucus leader, Rep Kingsley Chinda the Caucus made a four-point demand to help Nigeria embrace peace.
Chinda said “Mr president must Improve on our democratic practice by respecting the rule of law and press freedom and immediately reverse the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria as well as set aside the draconian regulation of the media in our country.
Also Mr president must “Place greater value on Nigerian lives and take decisive and pragmatic steps to end the avoidable carnages and deaths in our land by adopting mind-set change programs.
” Restrain the Police and other security forces from further unleashing violence on unarmed youths and other peaceful protesters who choose to go out and exercise their rights in commemoration of this Democracy Day and on any other day they so desire, having led peaceful protest in the past”
In addition he said June 12 presents to our people another opportunity for introspection and to look back on the democratic journey of our nation, the road taken and not taken, and the sacrifices of citizens that make the day as historical as the memories that map both the journey and introspection.
According to the lawmaker, If the sacrifices of our people make the celebration of our nascent democracy worthwhile, it is because our people have come to cherish the blood, tears and toil of those whose sacrifices make the enjoyment of their rights and freedoms essential to democracy.
” Never in our history have freedom become so threatened and endangered than now. Down the length and breadth of our country, people are not only being arrested and detained, they are denied the right to life guaranteed by Section 33 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999. “
” Homes have become mourning parlous. While parents are burying their children in a land that once held out the promises of life, sadness becomes the reality of life; our nation has suddenly been turned into a waste land of less hope and disillusionment.”
We have to walk the streets of our country to hear the tales of woes, lamentations, and dirges coming out of every home.
” Do we need to state the statistics of death, in order to establish the point, we make here? Those who were killed are not mere statistics; they had blood and water flowing in them, and they were our brothers and sisters, members of our bloodlines, whose death diminishes our humanity”
“June 12 represents hope but with their failed tripodal promises of security, economy and curbing corruption, the reality today is that APC has irredeemably failed the people of Nigeria.”
“It is regrettable that on the day we are celebrating the June 12 anniversary, no less than 93 people were reported to have been massacred by bandits in Zamfara state. May their blood continue to water our tree of freedom and liberation from the hands of our oppressors.” He said
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