A joint committee of the House of Representatives, comprising Elections & Inauguration and the Judiciary is reviewing a new election law to amend certain provisions of the elections law to clarify the powers and authority of the National Elections Commission with respect to the qualification of political parties and organizations for elections, determining election results and election disputes.’ The Joint Committee is expected to report and advise the House’s Plenary next Tuesday, August 29, as to whether the august body should concur with the Liberian Senate.
The House mandated its Joint Committee last Tuesday following the forwarding of the approved bill from the Liberian Senate, subtitled Engrossed Bill No. 12.
According to the act, when approved by the House of Representatives, the National Elections Commission (NEC) will be the sole determinant of the qualification of political parties and political organizations and independent candidates for elections and the sole determinant of election results and election disputes, “except that the right of appeal is reserved to an interested party aggrieved by a decision of the National Elections Commission to appeal to the Supreme Court for review.”
Full Article: Liberia: House Reviews New Election Law From Senate – allAfrica.com.
