No Party Can Beat PDP, Jonathan Boasts

President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday boasted
that despite the intimidation being mounted
against members of the ruling party by
opposition parties, no political party can beat the
Peoples Democratic Party in the coming election.
He said those who had not done anything had
been intimidating the ruling party because the
party had not been marketing itself.

The President spoke just as the Director-General
of his campaign organisation, Senator Ahmadu
Ali, said some foreign countries were opposed to
Jonathan’s re-election bid because he signed the
Anti Same-Sex Bill into law.

They both spoke during the unveiling of the PDP
Ward Volunteer Scheme held inside the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“I am convinced that up to this time, there is no
party that can beat the PDP. All we need is
unity.

There is no party that is formidable like the
PDP,” the President told the gathering that
consisted of all the PDP candidates from the
state Houses of Assembly to the National
Assembly.

Jonathan said the PDP was not just the largest
party in the country but also the only party that
had members in all voting units across the
country.

He said even if 10 political parties come
together, they could not reach the PDP’s level.
While saying that the PDP had done well over
time, Jonathan challenged the opposition to
match the party on performances of their
governors state-by-state.

For instance, Jonathan said only state
governments under the leadership of the PDP
had been able to provide functional airports in
their state capitals.
He also said the number of state universities
established by the PDP states were more than
those of the opposition.

He however regretted that despite the
performance of the PDP, the opposition also
intimidated the PDP members even in their
(PDP) states.

Jonathan said the party would not allow the
opposition to win at the national level.
He said, “They (the opposition) intimidate us to
the extent that they intimidate us even in states
where we have PDP governors.
“We will not allow those who are not up to us in
terms of performance to continue to intimidate
us.

“At the national level, we cannot compare our
standards with theirs, because they have not had
the experience and we will not give them the
opportunity because I know they will not do
well.”

Source: PunchNg