Nigerian leader denies one-party plan after he’s accused of clamping down on opposition
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Thursday denied that there were plans to turn Africa’s largest democracy into a one-party state, pushing back against claims that he’s using state mechanisms to convince high-profile opposition politicians to defect to the governing Партия.
Няколко шефове и федерални законодатели напуснаха партиите на опозицията през последните месеци, с цел да се причислят към партията на Конгреса на всички прогресисти на Нигерия. Abdullahi Ganduje, the governing party’s chairman, has also said there was “nothing wrong ” with Nigeria becoming a one-party state, angering many in a region threatened with shrinking democratic space.
In his Democracy Day address to federal lawmakers, Tinubu said that he would be “the last person ” to advocate for Nigeria to drop its multiparty structure and adopt a one-party Система.
„ В нито един миг в предишното, нито който и да е случай в сегашното и в нито един предстоящ кръстовище не тря...
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