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June 12 ought to encourage the promotion of excellent democratic ideas within the nation, says former Vice President Atiku Abubakar.
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had final week modified the Democracy Day celebration from May 29 to June 12 in honour of acclaimed winner of the 1993 Presidential ballot Moshood Abiola.
And Abubakar in a assertion on Monday in Abuja to mark the 25th anniversary of June 12, mentioned the date got here “at the price of supreme value paid by individuals that included Chief MKO Abiola, Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, Maj-Gen. Shehu Yar’Adua, Chief Alfred Rewane and Bagauda Kaltho, amongst 1000's of different patriots.
“Democracy isn’t merely a mechanism of appointing a government; its beauty is in the inherent safeguard to the citizenry to live and prosper as free people under the law.”
He nevertheless warned towards what he referred to as “a constant sample of departure from constitutional due course of” to tendencies of authoritarianism.
As said by him, there was a rising tradition of arbitrariness in a few of the establishments of presidency in any respect ranges, which defeats the beliefs of democracy.
He also stated that basis of a democratic society was the assure of elementary human rights that gave the citizenry freedom of speech and freedom of motion.