Consensus candidacy: When elite imposition overthrows the people’s democratic will, By Samson Itodo

The real threat to the electoral fortunes of parties is not competition but the concentration of power in the hands of a few. Consensus candidacy is undemocratic because it silences members, empowers party godfathers and oligarchs, and empties politics of genuine choice. It must be confronted for what it is: a sophisticated instrument of exclusion […] The post Consensus candidacy: When elite imposition overthrows the people’s democratic will, By Samson Itodo appeared first on Premium Times Ni...

By Samson Itodo