Publish Your Assets, Reject Vote-Buying – SERAP Challenges Presidential Candidates

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on presidential candidates of all political parties in the country to immediately publish details of their assets and liabilities.

In an open letter on Saturday, and signed by SERAP Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation also asked them to publicly commit to rejecting vote-buying and electoral bribery before and during the elections.

SERAP’s statement read in part, “As you and your parties prepare for presidential election campaigns, we hope that you will seize the opportunity to show your commitment to addressing these fundamental issues of public interest by immediately publishing details of your assets and rejecting vote-buying, intimidation and harassment.

“It would also show that you would be accountable to the public for your actions and submit yourself to the scrutiny necessary to ensure this.

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“Vote buying amounts to undue influence and improper electoral influence. When politicians buy votes, they reinforce social subjugation and do long-term damage to poor voters.”