People’s Democratic Party [PDP] will field candidates for all elective posts in next year’s general elections.

Migori governor Zachary Okoth Obado, who is the PDP patron, cautioned his political critics to write him off at their own peril.

He said the party is open to field a presidential candidate to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta whose 10 year tenure expires next year.

“I wish to refute claims the PDP won’t field its own presidential candidate to succeed President Kenyatta,” he said.

Obado cautioned his political rivals to stop referring to his party as a branch of other political parties.

He spoke when he opened PDP offices in Changamwe constituency in Mombasa county.

The governor distanced his party from being a branch of other political parties arguing the party is on its own.

Obado told his party members to ignore cheap propaganda being spread by their political rivals that his political party has been swallowed.

He cautioned his rivals to respect the party which is one of the oldest among political parties as he won his first gubernatorial bid using the party’s ticket.

“PDP was formed in 2005 and in 2013 I was elected first governor on its ticket and trouncing an ODM candidate in an ODM stronghold,” he said.

The governor said he is confident his party is the right political party to deliver proper elected leaders in the forthcoming elections.

Obado insisted the party is capable to deliver proper elected leaders in next year’s polls.

He said his party is in the process of changing its current symbol to a new symbol adding that they have registered their request with the registrar of political parties.

Obado caused laughter when he said the party office is situated in a strategic place of departure and arrival at Mombasa’s Moi international airport.

The PDP patron insisted the party will act in line with the party slogan of power to the electorate so that the decisions of the electorate are respected in next year’s polls.

“We want the electorates’ democratic rights to be respected and the party stands against violence and condemns any act of violence and chaos ahead of the polls and after polls,” he said.