On the statistics provided by the Plaintiffs on eligible Voters, the Defendant states
that it only represents the provisional figures of the Supplementary Voter
Registration for 2016 and further states that the total number of registered voters
stand at: Banjul – 22,731, KMC – 199,957, Kerewan – 101,717, Mansakonko –
49,198, Janjahbureh – 116,675, Basse – 115,185.
The Defendant states that the increase in Constituencies are in compliance with
the Constituency re-demarcation Order 2015.
On the issue of press release, the Defendant state that it was designed to remind
and sensitize Political Parties on the need to comply with the Electoral
Amendment Act 2015.
That Eight out of nine Political Parties have complied with the requirements of
the Election Amendment Act and also collected nomination forms in readiness
for the December 2016 election.
Finally, the Defendant assert that the Election Amendment Act 2015, is enacted
for the legitimate aim of guaranteeing the rights to streamlined and effective
representation. That the Plaintiffs action lacks merit and therefore not entitled to
the reliefs sought.
From the issues raised by the Plaintiffs and the Defendant, the following matters
calls for determination;
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