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Two-Thirds of Whom? Section 108 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone, the Majority Required to Amend It, and the Question of Construction for the Supreme Court
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The Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Bill 2025, the fruit of a review process reaching back to the 1999 Lomé Peace Agreement and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, carries significant reforms, among them a strengthened and renamed National Electoral Commission with higher qualifications for commissioners, and a constitutional quota for the nomination of women as well as
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