Electoral Act : Senate rejects mandatory presidential debate Who is Afraid of A Debate?..Why cant the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria debate his opponent in the next election?.We have all heard about the so called transformation agenda of the government that has turned Nigeria into the largest economy in Africa;so why cant the President come in front of the country and explain how he grew the economy to that STAGE?.Is our President shy?..Can someone help us with answers?.#WeWantDebate THE Senate, on Thursday, rejected the proposal which seeks to compel the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make presidential debates mandatory during elections. The lawmakers rejected the bid during the debate on the amendments to the Electoral Act 2010, on Thursday. The proposal, which was contained in the report of the Senate Committees on the Review of the 1999 Constitution and the INEC, however, approved the proposal seeking to fix the tenure of INEC commissioner. The senators also rejected the bid to have all national elections held on one day, while they also rejected the proposal seeking to shift the burden of proof of electoral irregularities on INEC during election petitions. The Senate said the burden of proof of electoral irregularities during election should be on the petitioner. Other proposals rejected by the senators included that seeking to empower INEC to conduct elections into the office of the president, governor, Senate, House of Representatives and state assemblies on the same day, as well as the proposal seeking to empower INEC to exclude nominees of a candidate from elections where a political party fails to comply with the provisions of the Constitution or Electoral Act. Source — bit.ly/TUsgFd
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 21:09:58 +0000
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