A REJOINDER: TWO-THIRDS OF WHOM? SECTION 108 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SIERRA LEONE, THE MAJORITY REQUIRED TO AMEND IT, AND THE QUESTION OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE SUPREME COURT
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In my final year at Fourah Bay College, I was a student minister in the Augustine Bona-led Student Union. Ours was the first Student Union the college had had in years. During our leadership, the university administration suddenly increased tuition fees, and that decision was met with strong opposition from us.
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The Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Bill 2025, the fruit of a review process reaching back to the 1999 Lomé Peace Agreement and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, carries significant reforms, among them a strengthened and renamed National Electoral Commission with higher qualifications for commissioners, and a constitutional quota for the nomination of women as well as
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AN OPEN LETTER TO THE HON ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA...
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The debate surrounding the Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Act, 2025, has taken a dangerously pedestrian turn. Proposals to interpret the “votes of not less than two-thirds of Members of Parliament” as merely a majority of those present are not just legally lazy; they are an assault on constitutional fidelity.
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