Tagged: electoral law
Conrad Omodiagbe
Algeria To Review Its Electoral Laws
Ahead of the November referendum in Algeria, the country’s president, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, has created a new National Commission charged with the task of reviewing its election laws in a bid to prepare a draft version of the organic law on the country’s electoral system. The commission’s charge, contained in a statement made public by the […]
Conrad Omodiagbe
This Judge Refuses to Postpone US Primaries
Unable to join the list of US states postponing their elections, a federal judge in Madison, Wisconsin, has declined to postpone the US state’s primary elections scheduled to hold April 7th, stating that the power to postpone falls outside the jurisdiction of the court. US District Judge William Conley made his decision in response to […]
Farida Adamu
Nigeria Electoral Reform: No More Immunity?
A bill at the upper chamber of the National Assembly in Nigeria tagged “A Bill for an Act to alter the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to qualify criminal liability for certain public officers under Section 308” is seeking to strip presidents and vice presidents of immunity in criminal […]
Farida Adamu
Nigerian Tribunal Upholds 2019 General Elections
On the 11th of September this year, the Presidential Elections Tribunal in Nigeria rejected the opposition candidate Atiku Abubakar’s petition on grounds of insufficient proof, upholding the current Nigerian President’s victory at the polls. The verdict ended the six-month-long legal battle where Atiku and the opposition party sought to upturn President Buhari’s win at the […]