Liberia: Women’s Rights Groups demand electoral reform
Source: The New Dawn Liberia
To mark this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, a group of civil society organizations, led by women’s rights groups and networks assembled outside the National Elections Commission (NEC’s) headquarters in Sinkor and released a communique calling for reform on New Elections Law Section 4.5 (b) and (c).
Section 4.5 (1b) of the New Elections Law printed on 15 December 2014 states that a political party or coalition in its submission to the commission of its list of candidates for an election should endeavor to ensure that the governing body and its list of candidates has no less than 30 percent of its members from each gender.
Further, Section 4.5 (1c) states that a list of candidates submitted to the Commission for an election should endeavor to have no less than 30 percent of the candidates on the list from each gender.
The Concerned Women’s Rights Groups and Networks say they have problem with these provisions in the New Elections Law because the language “endeavor” as used in the law is unfortunately unclear and there is no mechanism for the NEC to enforce the law or hold parties accountable.
Click here to read the full article published by The New Dawn Liberia on 11 March 2020.
To mark this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, a group of civil society organizations, led by women’s rights groups and networks assembled outside the National Elections Commission (NEC’s) headquarters in Sinkor and released a communique calling for reform on New Elections Law Section 4.5 (b) and (c).
Section 4.5 (1b) of the New Elections Law printed on 15 December 2014 states that a political party or coalition in its submission to the commission of its list of candidates for an election should endeavor to ensure that the governing body and its list of candidates has no less than 30 percent of its members from each gender.
Further, Section 4.5 (1c) states that a list of candidates submitted to the Commission for an election should endeavor to have no less than 30 percent of the candidates on the list from each gender.
The Concerned Women’s Rights Groups and Networks say they have problem with these provisions in the New Elections Law because the language “endeavor” as used in the law is unfortunately unclear and there is no mechanism for the NEC to enforce the law or hold parties accountable.
Click here to read the full article published by The New Dawn Liberia on 11 March 2020.