“New PDP” Will Not Compromise On Fairness, Equity – Bukola

Former governor of Kwara State and one
of the leaders of the splinter Peoples’
Democratic Party known as “New PDP”,
Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki
representing Kwara Central in the upper
chamber of the National Assembly, on
Sunday insisted that the group would not
compromise on the principle of ‘fairness
and equity’ in the affairs of the party in its
bid to settle the current crisis in the ruling
party.
Saraki, who was speaking with newsmen
in Ilorin, the state capital, also noted that
the present political impasse in the party
is dynamic and cannot be resolved using
garrison tactics as was the case in the
past.
According to him, “My assurance to all
my people since I came for this series of
meeting with the various levels of
leadership is that negotiations are still
going on but we won’t compromise some
fundamentals; we won’t compromise on
fairness and equity. And what the people
are telling me is that they are with me
wherever we go.
“Politics is all about people, how many
people are with you not a matter of
nomenclature or press statements. You
can see all the members of the house of
assembly, the CWC of the party, the
executive oflocal governments etc are
here with me”.
“The politics of 2013 is different from that
of 1999. What could be done then cannot
be done now. Now you have to fight for
the confidence of the people”, he said.