Yayin da ake ci gaba da hasashe kan zaɓukan shugaban ƙasa na 2027, TIMES NIGERIA ta kalli tushen doka kan wata muhimmiyar tambaya: shin tsohon shugaban ƙasa Goodluck Jonathan zai iya sake tsayawa takara?
Muhawarar ta ta’allaƙa ne kan gyaran kundin tsarin mulkin Najeriya na Fourth Alteration, No. 16 da aka yi a 2017, wanda ya samar da sabon sashe na 137(3) da ke hana duk wanda ya kammala wa wani shugaban ƙasa wa’adin mulki sake yin takara fiye da sau ɗaya.
Jonathan ya hau mulki a 2010 bayan rasuwar Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, sannan ya ci zaɓe a 2011, abin da ya haifar da tambayar ko wannan sabon sashe zai shafe shi.
Amma a watan Mayun 2022, Babbar Kotun Tarayya a Yenagoa ta yanke hukuncin cewa wannan gyara ba zai iya aiki ga abubuwan da suka faru kafinsa ba, don haka ba zai hana shi tsayawa takara ba.
Alƙalin kotun, Mai Shari’a Isa Hamma Dashen, ya ce wa’adin farko da Jonathan ya yi kafin dokar 2017 ba zai iya zama hujjar hana shi sake tsayawa ba.
Wasu na ganin manufar gyaran dokar shine rage yiwuwar tsawaita wa’adin shugabanci, amma masu goyon bayan hukuncin kotun suna jaddada cewa doka ba za ta iya hukunta abin da aka yi kafin a samar da ita ba.
Har yanzu babu wani sabon hukuncin kotu da ya soke wannan matsayi, lamarin da ke nufin a matsayi na doka Jonathan na iya tsayawa takara idan ya so.
Sai dai wannan yanayi bai ƙarar da muhawara a fagen siyasa ba, inda masu adawa ke ganin an wuce manufar asali ta gyaran dokar.
Yanzu dai, dokar ta bar ƙofar a buɗe – ko Jonathan zai shiga cikin wannan hayaniyar siyasa, lokaci ne kawai zai nuna.