under
Article
Democracy,
3(7),
Article
3(8)
and
Article
Elections and Governance;
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of the
African
Charter
on
nor with its obligation to ensure that
the electoral body has the confidence of all the political actors as prescribed by
Article
3 of the
Economic
Community
of West African
States
Protocol
on
Democracy and Good Governance supplementary to the Protocol relating to
the
Mechanism
Peacekeeping
for
Conflict
and Security.
Prevention,
The
Management,
Resolution,
Court therefore finds a violation of those
provisions with respect to the absence
process of nomination of members
of a mechanism
to ensure that the
of the electoral body by political parties,
especially opposition parties, as well as civil society organisations, are driven
by those entities.
On Reparations:
x.
Orders the Respondent
State to take the necessary
measures
before any
election to ensure that new Bureau elections, based on the new composition of
the electoral body, are organised at the Local levels;
xi.
Orders the Respondent
State to take the necessary
election to ensure that the process of nomination
measures
of members
before any
of the electoral
body by political parties, especially opposition parties, as well as civil society
organisations are driven by those entities, based on pre-determined criteria,
with the authority to organise themselves, consult, hold elections as necessary,
and submit the required nominees;
xii.
| Orders the Respondent State to report to the Court on the measures taken in
respect
of paragraphs
x and
xi within
three
(3) months
from
the date
of
notification of this Judgment, and thereafter, every six (6) months until the Court
considers that there has been full implementation thereof.
On Costs:
xiii. | Orders that each Party shall bear its own costs
Signed:
Ben KIOKO, Vice-President; SR
ee Saas
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