"I'm not behind the moves to impeach Jonathan" - Senator Chukwumereji

Contrary to the allegation that says he's the pillar behind the plot to impeach president Goodluck Jonathan over the non-implementation of the recommendations of the Senate Committee on Privatisation, Senator Uche Chukwumerijie has debunked the hearsay, asserting that it is untrue and a gross misinterpretation.
Chukwumerijie was forced to issue a communique  in Abuja on Sunday following reports spreading wide that he has been championing the Jonathan impeachment movement.

The Abia born politician in a statement said: "The press reports that I was leading a move to impeach President Jonathan are untrue and a gross misrepresentation of aspects of my brief speech in the Senate last Thursday."
"My speech referred to mobilisation of colleagues to co-sponsor a motion urging early implementation of the recommendations of the Senate Committee on Privatisation, he explained.

"This is a routine Senate procedure for a motion that should carry the full weight of the chambers. The delay in implementing the Ahmed Lawan Privatisation Report, which exposed in clinical details, the massive siphoning of public funds to private hands, demands such a robust remedial action. This move is certainly not a mobilisation for impeachment.
"The mention of impeachment at the tail end of the speech is a reminder of the ultimate weapon of Parliament sign-posting, like a sword of Damocles, the distant reaches of elastic public goodwill. It is definitely not a move, immediate or long-term, against Jonathan's regime,"

It would be recalled that a member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Samuel Adejare, had vowed that the House will not back-off from the threat to impeach his Excellency. He warned that the President and members of his cabinet must therefore sit up and ensure they meet the target of budget implementation as required by the House in September.