Imo Guber: JDPC Debate Nepotic, Prejudicial –YPP Gov’ship Candidate Kemdi Opara Declares

…Stage a Walkout From JDPC Townhall Meeting With Imo Guber Candidates

The governorship flag bearer of Young Progressives Party, YPP, in Imo state, Dr. Kemdi Chino Opara has condemned in its entirety the actions and inactions of Justice, Development, Peace and Caritas Commission (JDPC) in the Imo guber debate conducted recently at Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri

Dr. Opara who stressed the discriminatory conduct of JDPC in choosing and delisting participants in the debate through a press release signed by his campaign council Deputy Director, Media and Communications, Rt. Hon Michael Anyanwu on Sunday October 22, 2022, described their actions as nepotic, prejudicial, unjust and unjustifiable.

“We want to unequivocally express our utmost dissatisfaction with the discriminatory and prejudicial manner in which the supposed Townhall meeting for Imo Governorship candidates was conducted by the Justice, Development, Peace and Caritas Commission (JDPC) of Owerri Catholic Ecclesiastical Province, at Maria Assumpta Cathedral, Owerri”

The YPP guber hopeful while commending the commission for birthing the idea of the debate, noted that the debate would have given Imolites ample opportunity to familiarize with Imo people but decried the shortcoming of the programme which also had only twenty (20) party supporters of six (6) candidates respectively as audience.

“While we commend the faith-based organization for conceptualizing the idea of the gubernatorial debate which would have given the governorship candidates the opportunity to address Imo people on their plans, mission and vision for them and the State, we condemn in very strong terms its decision to have just 6 out of the 17 political parties fielding governorship candidates to present their manifestoes at the Townhall meeting”

“The embarrassing sinister arrangement that ensured the deliberate exclusion of most governorship candidates from the debate is prejudicial, unjust and unjustifiable. It obviously runs foul of the good governance advocacy which the faith-based organization stands for and grossly undermines its vision towards achieving an Imo society where social justice, equity and human dignity thrives for the common Good”

The release further stated that the ugly development is a disservice to Imo people especially as it concerns the YPP guber candidate’s golden opportunity to reach out to Imolites with his blueprints, adding that Dr. Kemdi Opara is the right man for the job.

“As a matter of fact, denying the standard-bearer of the Young Progressives Party (YPP), High Chief Dr. Kemdi Chino Opara, who at present and by all standards is the most credible and eminently qualified gubernatorial candidate in Imo state the opportunity to showcase his Imo Liberation roadmap at the Townhall meeting is a great disservice to Ndi Imo and suggests a failed attempt to weaken the prospect of our candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in the State”

“It was on this ground that our governorship candidate, his running mate and some members of the YPP Campaign Council who arrived the venue of the Townhall meeting in high spirit decided to stage a walkout in protest of the needless discrimination and exclusion of most governorship candidates from the event”

“On a sad note, it is unfortunate that only 20 supporters of the candidates were accredited to enter the hall without the public in attendance. So what manner of a Townhall meeting is that? Are the manifestos presentation only meant for the party supporters?”

“It is highly regrettable and saddening to see that a faith-based organization with one of the best platform to help Ndi Imo make informed decision in the forthcoming election by giving them the opportunity of knowing the strength, weakness and the overall fitness of those seeking to govern the State decided to be nepotic instead of giving equal opportunity to all the governorship candidates”