Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday said the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) would resolve the crisis that engulfed it and come out stronger.
Jonathan expressed the optimism in Otuoke, Bayelsa state when he received the report of the Gov Seriake Dickson-led PDP reconciliation Committee.
Noting that resorting to courts for political disagreements was abnormal, Jonathan applauded the committee for getting the two factions of the party to the negotiating table.
He said a truce was in sight given the commitments so far given by the party faithful.
The former President disclosed that there was an urgent need to return the power to the people opining that litigation had surrendered the mandate of the people to the judiciary.
His words, “I have always believed that political differences should be resolved outside the courts, but unfortunately we are already involved with it and gone up to the Supreme Court, but we are hopeful of a political solution”.
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“Party politics is supposed to be a family affair and ought to be resolved amicably without resorting to the courts”.
Speaking earlier, Governor Siriake Dickson of Bayelsa State said he accepted the challenge of rebuilding the PDP to express gratitude to the party that gave Bayelsa the platform to lead Nigeria through Jonathan.
He said political option remained the best way of resolving the crisis within the party.
He noted that Jonathan laid the foundation for a political solution when he convened a meeting of PDP governors a few weeks ago that approved the peace plan.
He said the report, which is a road-map to achieving peace was open to review and urged stakeholders with ideas to rebuild the party to table such ideas for discussion.
A member of the reconciliation committee Mr. Mohammed Gana in his contribution said Jonathan epitomized peace in the way he conceded defeat at the last general elections.
He said the development that stabilized the country.
Gana further applauded Jonathan for his efforts at rebuilding the party and urged party loyalists to support the efforts of the reconciliation committee.
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