IN PARLIAMENT
Parliament to Debate Tejan-Cole’s Draconian Corruption Bill in September
IN PARLIAMENT
Posted by on Jun 25, 2008, 02:03
Some legal luminaries in the country have described the
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| Tejan Cole....absolute power |
new Anti Corruption Bill as a document put together to crucify innocent Sierra Leoneans and to limit job opportunities to a few individuals in the legal field, while a cross section of members of the civil society group have condemned it out rightly, stating that the bill is not a respecter of principles and humanity.The new Anti Corruption Commission Bill makes provision only for lawyers with not less than ten years legal experience and administrative background to be appointed as Commissioner, while the Deputy Commissioner shall have proven knowledge, ability and experience of at least ten years in accounting
banking, financial services or any relevant profession and shall be a person of conspicuous probity.Further, other sections of the new bill give power to the Commission to arrest girlfriends, concubines, paramour of person(s) under investigation by the commission. The bill unfolds the complicated nature involves in the removal of the Commissioner and dictates the number of years the Commissioner and his Deputy to be in office, with clauses included for their re-appointments.
Parliamentarians: Should Be Representatives of The People
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Posted by Alhaji Saidu Kamara on May 1, 2008, 12:20
The complexities of modern governance and the tremendous increase in the size of the population today cannot allow all the people to converge at a particular point and take decisions on national issues affecting the nation, which used to obtain in Greek city states. This was direct democracy.
How Separation Of Powers Work In A Democratic System
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Posted by on Feb 5, 2008, 02:55
Separation of powers, a term coined by French political Enlightenment thinker Baron de Montesquieu, is a model for the governance of democratic states. The model is also known as Trias Political. Under this model, the state is divided into branches or estates and each estate of the state has separate and independent power and areas of responsibility.
APC Chairs 16 Parliamentary Oversight Committees,SLPP 7 And PMDC 1
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Posted by Saidu Kamara 033-744-898 on Oct 4, 2007, 03:12
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| Hon. Alimamy P. Koroma.. heads Development and Economic Planning Committee |
A total of 24 Parliamentary Oversight Committees and 6 In-House Committees have been announced last Tuesday, in Parliament. The Parliamentary Oversight Committees are charged with the task of supervising Government Ministries and Departments.Out of those committees, the majority All People’s Congress Party is chairing 16 Parliamentary Oversight Committees.Those Committees are the Select, the Standing Order and the Supervising Committees.The Select Committee comprises of the entire parliamentary leader in parliaments.With the formation of the Parliamentary Oversight Committees, the third Parliament, of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone
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