Sep 03, 2020 (LBO) – The proposed twentieth amendment to the constitution has been gazetted by the Department of Government Printing.
Special features:
- Minimum age limit for a president has been reduced to 30 from 35
- Limit on the number of ministries has been lifted
- President can dissolve Parliament after a year (limit of 4.5 years lifted)
- Presidential powers strengthed; he even has the power to remove the Prime Minister
- Constitutional Council has been renamed as Parliamentary Council
- Immunity of President from suit
- National Audit Service Commission & National Procurement Commission dropped
- Dual citizens can represent the Parliament
Not changed:
- President holds office for a term of five years
- President can appeal to the people for a mandate to hold office for a further term
- No change in the right of access to information