By: Adama Tine<\/p>\n
The secretary general and party leader of The Gambia Moral Congress (GMC), Ahmad Mai Fatty prior to the rumours and chaos of voters\u2019 attestation issuance by individuals, has said that there are specific exclusive rights reserved for their exercise by a citizen. One such right is the right to vote at public elections and to choose national leaders at all levels.<\/p>\n
Speaking to The Point, the GMC leader revealed that the right is specific and exclusive because its exercise is predicated on citizenship and proof thereof. \u201cTo enjoy this right, one must square him\/herself within the prescriptions demarcated by law – the Constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cObtaining a voter’s card is presumptive of citizenship leading to the exercise of an exclusive right, although the card ipso facto is not evidence of citizenship. It is an incident of citizenship.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOne is so entitled only upon satisfactory production of citizenship foundation documents such as a birth certificate, National ID card, etc,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
He said the Elections Act provides for an attestation to replace all of these documents of nationality where none could be produced; and it did so without adequate safeguards against potential abuse.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe emerging controversy that needs to be resolved is that: does a chief\/alkalo supported by five unidentified, indescribable elders possess sufficient authority in law, to confer Gambian citizenship or prove thereof? Should a mere unsworn paper attestation serve as evidence of nationality for purposes of acquiring and exercising \u00ab\u00a0the\u00a0\u00bb most important exclusive citizenship right? To my mind, the answer is in the negative. The absence of punitive penal sanctions against the attestors is troublesome,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
\u201cHaving further thoroughly accorded the matter due considerations, I am of the considered view that attestation is in fact unconstitutional and therefore ultra vires. It is a subordinate invention that was permitted to survive by practice,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
Read full article: https:\/\/thepoint.gm\/africa\/gambia\/headlines\/obtaining-voters-card-is-presumptive-of-citizenship<\/p>\n
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