PDP heading for self-destruction –Mark

From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja
Senate President, David Mark, yes­terday, warned the Peoples Demo­cratic Party (PDP) to curb the raging in-fighting in the party or head for final de­struction.
A worried Senator Mark, gave the advice when the Senator Ike Ekweremadu-led Post-Election Assessment Committee visited him .
He noted that with the con­tinued acrimony between fac­tions in the party, “the PDP is already hemorrhaging,” pointing out that, “unless we halt the bleeding and find the necessary therapy, we may be heading for the final burial of the party.
Mark added: “The PDP is already in a comatose status and we should do all we can to resuscitate the party, rather than this unnecessary rancour and bulk passing.
“The emerging factions are absolutely unnecessary. The combatants must sheathe their swords and embrace dia­logue. My appeal is that we should not do anything further that would damage the already fragmented house.
“Everybody should come together and rebuild the par­ty. We have gotten enough bruises. We need not inflict further pains on ourselves, with continuous bickering.
“Enough of this blame-game. We should return to the drawing board and need not wash our dirty linen in the public anymore.
“I believe a useful lesson has been learnt from the PDP electoral misfortune. As for me, it is time to put on our thinking caps and chart a new course.
“I trust Senator Ekwerema­du that he and his team will do a good job and unearth the remote and immediate causes of our misfortune and make recommendations that will en­hance the future of the party.
“I have worked closely with the Deputy President of the Senate over the years and I know his capability and ca­pacity to handle issues.”
Senator Mark urged all stakeholders to rise above the present circumstances and work hard to rejuvenate the party.
He said the new status of the PDP, as an opposition is, “a challenge which we must face with all honesty, sincer­ity of purpose and dedication to duty.”
Senator Mark reasoned that democracy and the nation would be better for it, “if we play credible opposition to ensure good governance and delivery of dividends of de­mocracy to Nigerians.”
Source: Sunnews
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