According to Senator Ndume, PDP should note that it has become a minority, a situation where the majority would always have its way, warning that PDP cannot disqualify Amaechi based on what he described as triviality instead of the constitution. He added that Amaechi has not been convicted by any court of law.
Ndume insisted: "We APC senators will determine Amaechi’s fate, not any Report."
He stressed that the Senator Samuel Anyanwu-led Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions report can't determine the fate of Amaechi as a minister appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ndume spoke amid strong indications that PDP and APC senators will flex muscles over Amaechi. While the APC senators have insisted on screening and confirming Amaechi for a ministerial appointment, the PDP Senators have not shifted grounds on the position they took to frustrate him.
Senator Anyanwu (PDP, Imo East) is expected to submit the committee report on Thursday.
Ndume added: “Whatever the Committee recommends to the Senate, it is the Senate that will decide. And I have told Nigerians several times that this Senate belongs to APC. We have PDP senators that are in the minority. We are practising democracy in a changed environment. That is to allow the minorities to have their say. But you know that the majority will always have its way. We have 58 senators, the Senate President excluded, and they have 48 Senators.
“And Amaechi is an APC candidate and the constitution is very clear. Until there is conviction, you are considered innocent until proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt by a competent court of law. Unfortunately, PDP cannot confirm or disqualify Amaechi, we (APC) are the only ones that can do that.”
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