chairman of the electoral umpire, Prof Mahmoud Yakubu, expressed disappointment that the National Assembly is yet to pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill barely one year to the conduct of parties’ primaries.
The Fiji Law Society is deeply concerned that the Electoral Amendment Bill that has been brought to Parliament this week unnecessarily attacks citizens’ rights to privacy, including legal professional privilege. It is calling upon the Government to withdraw Bill No.49...
Parliament will debate the Electoral Amendment Bill on Thursday which proposes that the Supervisor of Elections be given powers necessary to carry out his or her functions under the Act, including the power to direct a person, by notice in writing, to furnish any relevant information or document....
Electoral Amendment Bill B1-2022doi:B. 1-2022
In its draft Electoral Amendment Bill, Zesn called for far reaching reforms, which if implemented, will remove the Justice ministry from interfering with the operations of Zec. "The electoral Act does not empower Zec to make and approve electoral regulations. Zec still needs to get approval from...
as the Helms Amendment prohibits U.S.-funded clinics from performing abortions. Once the issue came to light, an investigation was conducted by the Centers for Disease Control, and the offending clinic refunded its PEPFAR funding, a total of... $4,100. In other words, approximately 0.002% ...
If an amendment is going to be circulated, we would argue for wording more like: "No person or organization, specifically including the president, vice president, members of Congress, and all other federal, state, and local elected and appointed officials is above the law and all can be ...
Apr 14, 2021 02:40 PM (GMT+8) · EqualOcean The improvement of the electoral system (comprehensive amendment) Bill 2021 has been submitted to the Legislative Council for the first and second readings. This text is a result of machine translation....
Debate the Electoral Amendment Bill, MPs said the Bill is very shallow as it is not addressing the controversial issues on elections. It was the Second Reading debate. The Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has already explained the Bill and ...
removed under the Twenty-Fifth Amendment—are very small, and are certainly not as high as 1-in-10. Maybe 1-in-40, if we are being generous. Add it up, and we'd guess he's around 60%, maybe 65%, to make it to the end of his term. So, even if you set the over/under at...