Senate’s Pledge: Striving To Finalize Election Petitions Before Swearing-In Ceremony

Revealing this during an appearance on Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, Alli emphasized that the proliferation of unnecessary petitions prompted the election umpire to conduct off-cycle elections…CONTINUE READING

We considered the timing of elections and election petitions, along with various administrative issues falling within the purview of INEC, without requiring legislation.

Regarding legislation on election petitions, our perspective is that all pre-election matters should be resolved before the election,” he stated.

Expressing concern about the current scenario where election petition matters can reach the Supreme Court after someone has won an election, leading to a change in leadership, Alli remarked, “It is certainly going to impact the finances of our country and the morale of the people.

We are also exploring the idea of concluding election petitions before the swearing-in. We are contemplating shortening the timeframe for filing and resolving election petitions so that someone is not sworn in unnecessarily.

This consideration is what prompted the off-cycle elections; there wouldn’t have been a need for them if we could conclude election petitions before the swearing-in or inauguration of the assembly,” he further explained.