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The Attorney General may have to refer Swapo Party lawmaker Jerry Ekandjoโs Private Member's Bill to a competent court, should President Nangolo Mbumba decide not to sign it into law.
This is according to Article 64 of the Namibian Constitution.
Legal practitioner Kadhila Amoomo says the President is not a rubber stamp and must apply his mind before signing any bill passed by Parliament into law.
The President has a duty to make sure that the piece of legislation he signs is not in conflict with the Constitution, said Amoomo.
Article 64 of the Constitution reads that the President shall be entitled to withhold his signature from a bill approved by the National Assembly if, in the President's opinion, such a bill would, upon adoption, be in conflict with the provisions of the Namibian Constitution.
Should a competent court decide that the bill is not in conflict with the provisions of the Constitution, the President shall sign it into law, but the bill shall be deemed to have lapsed should a court agree that it is in conflict with any of the provisions of the Constitution.
Amoomo also said that some of the Private Member's Bills tabled by Ekandjo have human rights implications.
He cited as an example some parts of the Stock Theft Act that were sponsored by Ekandjo in 2004 as the then Minister of Home Affairs and were declared unconstitutional after many people were sent to prison for many years for stealing a goat.
The outspoken legal practitioner said the same mistake cannot be repeated, adding that the President must be given time to apply his mind.
Legislator Jerry Ekandjo's Bill aims to define the term โspouseโ and amend the Marriage Act of 1961 to block the recognition of same-sex marriages in Namibia.
The bill further seeks to prohibit same-sex marriages and the solemnization of same-sex marriages.
Ekandjoโs Private Member's Bill further states that anyone who violates the law against same-sex marriage faces a fine of up to N$100,000 or up to six years in prison.
On Wednesday, Ekandjo asked the National Assembly Deputy Speaker about the progress of the bills that he tabled last year.
Report: Emil Xamro Seibeb
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