De-Registration Of Parties: INEC Has Power – Don

One time Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Imo State University, Owerri, Prof Nnamdi Obiaraeri, has said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), did not breach the constitution in deregistering the 74 political parties.

Obiaraeri, a former commissioner for information in Imo State, said on Friday that the constitution empowered INEC to deregister non-viable political parties.

According Obianeri, “Expressly, section 225(A) of the 1999 Constitution as amended (introduced by the Fourth Alteration to the Constitution) empowers INEC to deregister political parties on any of the following seven grounds;

“Breach of any of the requirements for registration as a political party. Failure to win at least 25% of the votes cast in one State of the Federation in a Presidential election.

“Failure to win at least 25% of the votes cast in one Local Government Area of a State in a Governorship election. Failure to win at least one ward in a Chairmanship election.Failure to win at least one seat in the National Assembly election.

“Failure to win at least one seat in the State Assembly election or Failure to win at least one seat in a Councillorship election.”

He explained that any political party failed to meet of the seven conditions stated above has no business occupying the political space.

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