Amendment Grants Freedom To Women, Who Deserve It: A-G

The Electoral Registration Voters Amendment Bill 2023 was unanimously passed in Parliament on Friday.

Minister for Women, Children, and Social Protection, Lynda Tabuya, expressed her concern over the law, stating that it dis­regarded the decision of the High Court and negatively impacted Niko Nawaikula, who had been absent from Parliament for some time.

She argued that the law aimed to disenfranchise women voters.

Ms Tabuya referred to the 2013 Constitution, emphasising Sec­tion 26(3)(a), which prohibits dis­crimination based on gender or marital status.

She criticised the law’s infringe­ment upon this principle.

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