By; IBRAHIM ADAMU, Kaduna
In a historic ruling on Tuesday, Colorado Supreme Court disqualified former President Donald Trump from participating in Republican primary election scheduled for January 2024.
The Democrat appointed Justices of the Colorado apex court in their ruling, invoked Section three of the 14th Amendment which deals with the disqualification of election candidates if found guilty of undermining the Constitution of the United States.
The Justices subsequently indicted Trump for his role in the 6 January 2021 attack on Capitol Hill which led to a political upheaval, the first of its kind in the history of the oldest democracy in the world.
The judges described the attack as insurrection capable of causing injurious harm on the nation’s democracy of over two centuries.
In reaction to the verdict via his counsels, Trump declared his intention to appeal the ruling in American Supreme Court which reserves the final decision on presidential election matters.
He further described the ruling as an attempt to stop the American people from exercising their freedom through the ballot.
Trump, while addressing a crowd of supporters in Iowa in continuation of his bid to clinch the Republican Presidential ticket keenly contested by six other rivals, dismissed the ruling, calling it a victimization by the radical left to arm-twist the American public from expressing their wish.
All eyes are now on the United States Supreme Court for the final verdict that will shape the direction of the country’s next presidential race of November 2024.
