Buhari Not Intrested In Nass Crisis, Presidency Says
Presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina has revealed
that President Muhammadu Buhari will not interfere in the lingering
crisis which hit the national assembly due to the emergence of Mr Saraki
and Dogora as Senate president and Speaker against the ruling All
Progressive Congress wish.
In
an exclusive interview with Vanguard Mr. Femi Adesina, said Buhari
chose to stay away because he believes in the principle of separation of
power on which Nigeria bases its federalism. Buhari had been accused of
not being assertive the face of lingering face-off in the National
Assembly and his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC.
Adesina said Buhari’s intervention would portray him as a “dictator or a despot” which he said runs at variance with democratic ethos and values.
“How do you become assertive when there is separation of powers? There is separation of powers between the executive and the legislature. The legislature is an entity on its own. The executive does not superintend over the legislature.
“So, you can’t be assertive over a place you do not supervise. So, I think to ask the President to be assertive over the legislature is to ask him to be a despot. It is to ask him to become a dictator and this President will not do that.”
Adesina was however optimistic that the crisis would not escalate any further than it already had.
get that, yes, he is the President of the country and he emerged on the platform of the APC. So, it is in that spirit that he attended the NEC meeting last Friday at the party secretariat. He also said when they called the BoT meeting, he will attend. But he cannot go and lord anything over them. He cannot. “He also emerged on the platform of that party. The party is bigger than everyone. That’s what is meant by party supremacy. So, party supremacy does not even allow him to lord it over anybody. He can only be part of a process to sort out whatever logjam, whatever impasse they have.
“How can it further escalate than what we have now? Can it further escalate than what we have now? I don’t see that. The President is involved already because he has been meeting with various interest groups but he will not do beyond that. He is not going to ram anything into anybody’s throat because that will not be consistent with democratic ethos. He wouldn’t do that.
Meanwhile, the national Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has called on the different factions in the National Assembly to get together and resolve its crisis.
Femi Adesina
Adesina said Buhari’s intervention would portray him as a “dictator or a despot” which he said runs at variance with democratic ethos and values.
“How do you become assertive when there is separation of powers? There is separation of powers between the executive and the legislature. The legislature is an entity on its own. The executive does not superintend over the legislature.
“So, you can’t be assertive over a place you do not supervise. So, I think to ask the President to be assertive over the legislature is to ask him to be a despot. It is to ask him to become a dictator and this President will not do that.”
Adesina was however optimistic that the crisis would not escalate any further than it already had.
get that, yes, he is the President of the country and he emerged on the platform of the APC. So, it is in that spirit that he attended the NEC meeting last Friday at the party secretariat. He also said when they called the BoT meeting, he will attend. But he cannot go and lord anything over them. He cannot. “He also emerged on the platform of that party. The party is bigger than everyone. That’s what is meant by party supremacy. So, party supremacy does not even allow him to lord it over anybody. He can only be part of a process to sort out whatever logjam, whatever impasse they have.
“How can it further escalate than what we have now? Can it further escalate than what we have now? I don’t see that. The President is involved already because he has been meeting with various interest groups but he will not do beyond that. He is not going to ram anything into anybody’s throat because that will not be consistent with democratic ethos. He wouldn’t do that.
Meanwhile, the national Chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has called on the different factions in the National Assembly to get together and resolve its crisis.
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