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Again, President Buhari Rejects Electoral Amendment Bill Again

Again, President Buhari Rejects Electoral Amendment Bill Again

The electoral amendment bill, 2018 has been rejected again by President Buhari who in a statement released today September 3rd, disclosed that he declined assent to the bill due to some drafting issues that remain unaddressed following the prior revisions to the Bill.

The senior special assistant to the president on electoral matters (senate), Ita Enang, who released the statement on behalf of President Buhari, said the decision had been communicated to the leadership of the national assembly via a letter.

The statement reads;

“His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has by communication dated August 30, 2018, to the Senate and the House of Representatives declined Assent to the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2018. I pray for leave, that in view of public interest, the fact of the National Assembly vacation, the imperative to avoid speculation and misinformation, that I give just a few of the rationale by Mr. President.

“Mr. President is declining assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill due to some drafting issues that remain unaddressed following the prior revisions to the Bill.  Mr. President invites the Senate and House of Representatives to address these issues as quickly as possible so that he may grant President Assent to the Electoral Amendment Bill.

A few of the outstanding issues are:

There is a cross referencing error in the proposed amendment to Section 18 of the Bill. The appropriate amendment is to substitute the existing sub-section (2) with the proposed subsection (1A), while the proposed sub-section (1B) is the new sub-section (2A)’

The proposed amendment to include a new Section 87 (14) which stipulates a specific period within which political party primaries are required to be held has the unintended consequence of leaving INEC with only 9 days to collate and compile lists of candidates and political parties as well manage the primaries of 91 political parties for the various elections. This is because the Electoral Amendment Bill does not amend sections 31, 34 and 85 which stipulates times for the submission of lists of candidates, publication of lists of candidates and notice of convention, congresses for nominating candidates for elections.”

Before now, President Buhari had rejected the Electoral Amendment Bill, claiming that the bill if passed into law, would take the constitutional powers of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to decide on election matters, including fixing dates and the order they would go.

Again, President Buhari Rejects Electoral Amendment Bill Again

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