Former President Goodluck Jonathan has bared his mind on his 2015 presidential election defeat…

“We know the reason why we lost the elections. At the appropriate time, some of these things would be properly addressed because of history. There are certain things you don’t write now because it would be misunderstood as if you are playing politics. After some years, five, six or eight years, when the beneficiaries have left, you can state it in writing.”

“One of the major challenges facing PDP is how it elects candidates and national officers. There would always be crisis in the outcome of the party’s primaries or conventions until the numbers of statutory delegates to those elections are reviewed to about 70 per cent. The party must work out the modality such that no one would succeed in influencing the delegates to elections.”

“Those who had served at certain levels, including governorship, ministerial and parliamentarian positions at all levels, should be made statutory delegates. That is the area we have not been able to manage properly and it is still creating problem for us.”

“I believe the next constitution amendment should advocate that area to be properly examined. From my own experience, if that area is strengthened, the party will be okay and nobody will complain at the end of primaries. If you lose, you lose gallantly and you support the person that wins.”