APC Should Be Mature Enough To Handle Its Crisis- Hon. Kaze

A member of the Seventh National Assembly, Hon. Bitrus Kaze has blamed the current palpable tension in the National Assembly that recently degenerated into physical assault on the undue interference of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Assembly.He added that like the People Democratic Party (PDP) managed the Tambuwal saga in 2011, the APC should be mature enough to do the same.

In a statement in Jos, Kaze lamented, "Coming from the same House of Representatives, I actually feel more disheartened about the development.

"But we need to come to terms with realities; it is impossible to have such a huge collection of different shades of individuals without some form of crisis. It happens in virtually all parliamentary democracies globally, although in different degrees and for different reasons.

"However, what makes the difference is the subject of the brawl. Whereas in advanced democracies, such crises are triggered by differences resulting from ideologically based issues, in our case here, it is more often than not based on political positions or partisan or regional divide. That is what really makes it disheartening.

He said, "Happening less than a month after inauguration makes it most disheartening; the 8th Assembly may have started on a wrong footing. Some of us envisaged this given the porous democratic credentials of President Buhari. The President and APC told the whole world that they will not interfere with the affairs of the Assembly, but it's their interference that has led to this. When Speaker Tambuwal emerged in 2011, they didn't question party supremacy, why are they talking about party supremacy now?", he queried.