Former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has underscored the importance of peace for democracy to flourish. He spoke when a former Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Bayelsa State, Mr. Daniel Iworiso-Markson, visited him to announce his intention to contest the forthcoming National Assembly election for Ogbia Federal Constituency.
A statement signed by Iworiso-Markson’s Media Assistant, Allen Ibiba-Harry, said Jonathan, who received the aspirant at his Abuja residence sued for peace among his kinsmen vying for various elective positions in the 2023 general elections.
Jonathan said the tenets of democracy could only flourish if peace were allowed to prevail and stressed that elections should not divide people but unite them.
Earlier, Iworiso-Markson commended the former President for his role as a peace mediator across the African continent and solicited his support to actualise his ambition.
He said after many struggles, he yielded to the pressure by stakeholders across the three constituencies in Ogbia to run for the election.
