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Experts, CPP welcome Supreme Court decision abolishing political party delegate system
A legal practitioner, a governance expert, and the First Vice Chairperson of the Convention People's Party (CPP) have welcomed the Supreme Court's landmark ruling abolishing the delegate-based electoral college system used by political parties to elect their presidential and parliamentary candidates.
The Supreme Court held that restricting the selection of presidential and parliamentary candidates to delegates infringed the constitutional political rights of party members and directed all political parties to amend their constitutions and internal electoral processes within one year.
The ruling, delivered on July 29, 2026, requires political parties to replace the delegate system with a mass electoral system that allows all members in good standing to participate in the selection of presidential and parliamentary candidates.
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