Electoral Laws (Abridgement of Nomination Requirements) Decree, 1996
A 1996 decree easing candidate-nomination requirements ahead of the return to multi-party elections.
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Summary
The Electoral Laws (Abridgement of Nomination Requirements) Decree, 1996 was made during the transitional period leading to the 1996 multi-party elections that restored civilian rule. It abridged (reduced or simplified) the requirements for the nomination of candidates for election.
Measures of this kind were intended to facilitate broad participation in the elections that ended the period of National Provisional Ruling Council military rule. The Decree belongs to the body of 1996 transitional electoral instruments and is read with the electoral law of the period.
Main provisions
- Reduces or simplifies candidate-nomination requirements for elections.
- Made to facilitate participation in the 1996 multi-party elections.
- Part of the 1996 transition from military to civilian rule.
- Read with the electoral law of the period.