Gov’t accepts constitutional amendment for equal voting rights in political party primaries

The government has accepted a recommendation to amend the Constitution to guarantee equal voting rights for all members in good standing of registered political parties in the selection of parliamentary and presidential candidates.

Mr Ayine said the government had endorsed the Committee's recommendation to amend Article 55 of the 1992 Constitution, a move that comes a day after the Supreme Court ruled that all registered members of political parties should be allowed to participate in their parties' internal elections." Mr Ayine also announced that the government had accepted, in principle, another recommendation to remove responsibility for the registration and regulation of political parties from the Electoral Commission.