Former President, Goodluck Jonathan has commended the National Assembly for reordering of 2019 general elections, saying that the amendment would help in the election of quality persons into various positions.
The Senate and the House of Representatives, at a Joint Conference, had agreed on a new order of arrangement for the 2019 general elections.
According to the lawmakers, the National Assembly elections is to now hold first, followed by gubernatorial and state assembly, and then the presidential election.
The former president spoke when he received the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Uche Secondus on a courtesy visit to the headquarters of the Jonathan Foundation in Yenogoa, Bayelsa state.
According to a statement by Ike Abonyi, the spokesman of the PDP chairman, said Mr Secondus led members of the National Working Committee, NWC of the party for the visit.
The statement also quoted Jonathan as urging the All Progressives Congress, APC, to see the move from a patriotic angle.
“Holding presidential election first will affect the quality of persons that will emerge in other polls because of the bandwagon effect.
“The ruling party, APC, should see it from national and patriotic interests since laws are not meant for persons in power at a particular time,” Mr Jonathan said.
The former president therefore longed for a time in this country when presidential election will be conducted differently from the others.
