Sierra Leone pushes to allow MPs dual citizenship
Published: 29/Oct/2021
Source: Africa News
Sierra Leonean President Julius Maada Bio said he will introduce a bill that would permit MPs in the West African country to hold a foreign passport.
In a statement on Wednesday evening, Bio said that he had authorised the attorney general to introduce a proposed constitutional amendment to “allow dual citizens to be qualified to be elected as members of parliament”.
The move comes after years of legal ambiguity in Sierra Leone over the right of dual citizens to run for office, with political parties forbidding candidates with foreign passports.
However, the Supreme Court ruled in September that dual citizens are allowed to run for parliament, after a suit brought by lawmaker Kandeh Yumkella.
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