The founding National Secretary of the Alliance for Democracy, Prof Udenta Udenta, has slammed Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State for defecting from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, saying he desecrated public trust
Udenta made this statement on Wednesday while responding to questions in an interview on ‘Sunrise Daily’, a programme on Channels Television.
He said political mandates belong to political parties and not individuals, stressing that Governor Mbah’s defection undermined the sanctity of democratic representation.
“Individuals are anonymous; mandates are given to political parties, not to individuals. Individuals, as important as they are, are very small players in this game of power because the party is the symbol of power.
“The people in their millions troop out to vote for a party, so Peter Mbah did not win the elections; the PDP won the election in Enugu State.
“He just held on to the trust for the people, and that trust was desacralised yesterday (Tuesday) because it was almost an abominable act,” he stated.
According to him, the governor’s action was not just a political misstep but also a moral and cultural failing, stressing that the South-East must reflect on the implications of such political conduct.
The professor, therefore, warned against what he called the normalisation of unethical political behaviour, noting that while certain constitutional provisions might not make defections illegal, they still reflect clearly unsavory and unethical conduct among the political class.