The Senate and the House of
Representatives have agreed on the order of the 2019 general elections.
The concurrence was announced
Tuesday afternoon by both chambers of the National Assembly at a Joint
Conference.
The House of Representatives had
on January 24, 2018 re-ordered the elections.
Based on the reordering, the
National Assembly election is to hold first, followed by gubernatorial and
state assembly, and then the presidential election.
The timetable released earlier by
the Independent National Electoral Commission has it that the Presidential and
National Assembly elections are to hold first, while the governorship and state
assembly polls are to follow.
The House amended section 25 of
the Principal Act and substituted it with a new section 25 (1).
According to the section, the
elections shall be held in the following order: (a) National Assembly election
(b) State Houses of Assembly and Governorship elections (c) Presidential
election.
Similarly, section 87 was amended
by adding a new section 87 (11) with a marginal note: “Time for primaries of
political parties.
“The primaries of political
parties shall follow the following sequence (i) State House of Assembly (ii)
National Assembly (iii) Governorship, and (iv), President.
“The dates for the above stated
primaries shall not be held earlier than 120 days and not later than 90 days
before the date of elections to the offices.”
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