Stop Threatening Me With Impeachment – Jonathan

Our president is obviously tired of getting the same threat over and over...
and this  persistent threat by members of the National Assembly, the House of Reps in particular, to impeach him is no longer taken as a joke.

The President has called on the National Assembly to stop threatening him with impeachment and allow him to do the job for which he was elected by Nigerians for a four-year mandate.


President Jonathan spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, at a press briefing in Abuja. He said, “We would want to appeal to our respected lawmakers to sheathe their swords. They should stop threatening the President with impeachment every time there is a disagreement.

“They should allow the temperature of the polity to come down. We will continue to have executive/legislative conflict, but we should continue to allow maturity to come in.

“Yes, the legislature has the power to impeach, but we should not be flaunting this every time. We should forget about impeachment in order to build this democracy; conflict will always be there, but we must manage it.”