As the issue of extension of elections time-table came to the fore in the National Assembly, OLUWOLE JOSIAH writes about the constraint and discrepancy that trail the process Arguments for the quick dispensation of justice during adjudication on election petitions before
presumed winners of elections are sworn in are gradually petering off. Proponents for now have been quiet. As a matter of expediency, that ambition is no longer attainable as the request for an extended time frame by the Independent National Electoral Commission to conduct credible elections next year has become paramount.
INEC will have up till April 30, 2011 to conduct elections into the various political offices, provided members of the National Assembly vote in support of the proposition next week. The issue is contained in the Second Alteration to the 1999 Constitution, which was laid before the Senate on Thursday.
The amendment captured two crucial issues. The first is to determine an adequate time period within which INEC can conduct credible elections without exceeding the May 29 handover date. The second is to provide for the possibility of petitions arising from governorship elections to begin at the tribunal and terminate at the Supreme Court.
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