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Jonathan: 1999 Constitution Is Flawed by Ngwakwe: 8:08am On Jul 11, 2012 |
President Goodluck Jonathan Tuesday described the 1999 Constitution as a flawed document that needs be reviewd to reflect the current realities in the country and strengthen social contracts between the disparate parts and nationalities. Jonathan made the remarks when he received the report of the Justice Alfa Belgore-led Committee on the Review of Outstanding Constitutional Issues at the State House, Abuja. The President who observed that there has been delay, lasting over 13 years in the review of the Constitution posited that the work of the Belgore Committee is an attempt to ameliorate the inherent lacuna in the document which must be addressed. The key areas that needed attention, which the committee was mandated to look into were the Fundamental Rights of citizens, security of lives and property, local government administration, Land Use Act and the judiciary and provision of infrastructure. The president noted that the Constitution “requires review and amendment in view of gaps that have become evident in our attempt to operationalize it over the last 13 years,” stressing that: “the Committee’s mandate included the preparation of a legislative bill that would be sent to the National Assembly for debate and consideration in the proposed Constitutional Review exercise.” “I am informed that the Committee reached unanimous agreements on changes in key areas of the Constitution; and that the recommendations that you are submitting today include provisions to strengthen Fundamental Rights as well as legal protection for all citizens, especially children, women and the physically challenged. I also understand that you have worked hard to develop provisions for speedy and fairer administration of justice,” President Jonathan said.. He stated that: “equitable dispensation of justice must be made real as they greatly influence the average citizen’s sense of obligation and patriotic disposition towards the nation,” pointing out that all manner of people, especially at the grassroots level must be carried along as “the greatest asset of our democracy is the commitment of people at the grassroots to the ideals of transparency, accountability and good governance.” In his remarks while presenting the committee’s report, Justice Alfa Belgore stated that the committee critically appraised the recommendations of recent Constitutional Conferences, endorsed many of the recommendations made therefrom and produced a main report, drafts of bills or the amendments to the constitution that will guide the National Assembly in its work. reviewing the document. Appealing on the need to jettison the system of justice the nation inherited from the colonialists, Justice Belgore observed that:”The procedures we inherited from the colonial tines which were originally meant for jury has not helped the speedy dispensation of justice” He suggested that the Chief Justice of Nigeria must be given powers to establish a Council, comprising the judiciary, the bar, the private sector and government, ,that will be responsible for the making of rules that will guide the administration of both civil and criminal cases. To solve the problem of the collision between the judiciaries of the states and the bar Justice Belgore offered that the President should “set up a panel to look into the possibility of a unified modern criminal legislation.” He admonished that the apex government should step up efforts to upgrade electricity generation to 40,000 Mega Watts, intensify industrialisation and create employment for Nigerians, saying that; “the present situation of some disgruntled elements trying to destabilise the country will soon pass, once Vision20:2020 starts having even greater effect on the economy.” www.thisdaylive.com/articles/jonathan-1999-constitution-is-flawed/119791/ |
Re: Jonathan: 1999 Constitution Is Flawed by Ngwakwe: 8:31am On Jul 11, 2012 |
The present Constitution is a document by the Military and the Old Establishment to protect their interest and that of their children till time immemorial |
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