Politics As Senate Moves to Initiate New Constitution, Confab Delegates Call for Death Penalty on Graft

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AHEAD of the final report of the on-going national conference, the Senate Wednesday initiated fresh amendment to the 1999 Constitution to empower the President to propose an entirely new statute in place of the existing one.

Accordingly, the Upper Chamber fixed voting on the new amendment for next Wednesday when every senator is expected to officially indicate his acceptance of the new amendment or otherwise.

In a related development, delegates at the ongoing National Conference in Abuja have advocated the introduction of capital punishment in the country’s statute book in an amendment to address the challenges of corruption bedeviling the country.

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Source: The Guardian
 

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