We need to address ambiguities in the electoral act — Salako

Hon. Dave Salako
Honourable Dave Salako was the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes.
In this encounter, this  third-time member of the House representing Ikenne/Remo Federal Constituency in Ogun State and the current Chairman of Communication Committee answers question on Constitution and Electoral Act amendments and accepts some aspects of the Act needs to be amended.
Why  do  PDP Representatives consider Electoral Act amendment necessary?
The Electoral Act is very simple to amend but my view on this issue is that before one begins to amend the electoral act, one must make sure that the constitution has been strengthened out. That means we should have strengthened out everything controversial about the constitution before we venture into the issue of electoral act amendment. But where we are now, everything is becoming controversial.
We are still debating whether we need the assent of the President for the amended Constitution to become effective or not.
My own thinking is that we don’t need the amendment of the electoral act now. We should first finish with the constitution amendment and let it become effective before we begin to talk about electoral act. So, if my opinion is to be taken, I would rather say, let us wait until the Constitution becomes effective before we begin to talk about amending the electoral act.
Does that mean you also believe that the constitution needs the assent of Mr. President?
I am not saying so. Whatever law or act we make requires the assent of Mr. President. If he withholds his assent, we know what else will follow because we know within ourselves that we have the veto can execute that on this issue.
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