The People’s National Party (PNP) founder, Janet Nabla, has refuted claims made by her organization that it is adopting the philosophies and values of the People’s National Convention (PNC).
She claims that the PNP and the PNC are completely unlike from one another and that the PNP has no plans to steal PNC members or mislead voters.
The PNC has filed an appeal with the Electoral Commission (EC) asking that the final certificate of PNP registration be withheld.
Given that the PNP was the previous party that paved the way for the PNC’s formation, the PNC’s legal representatives voiced concerns about the name similarity in a statement sent to the EC on July 16.
They contend that voters may become confused as a result of this similarity.
Nabla vehemently denied this assertion in an interview with Umaru Sanda Amadu on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Thursday.
She urged the PNC’s leader, “Mr Apasera, work hard with your PNC. Trust me, we have nothing in common. Our party symbols and things are different.
“The truth is that we don’t want anybody from the PNC who loves you to come to us, that is the truth. We don’t because we know the challenges of the PNC.”
She added, “When you have a new party you will want to work with people who love the truth, transparency, and have integrity.
“Those are the people we want to work with and believe me, those who love the PNC now cannot qualify to be under those brackets I have just mentioned.”