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[Amadu Massally]

Compatriots and friends,

Over the past days, many of us have shared concerns, hopes, and strong feelings about the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill now before Parliament. 

Rather than argue from rumor or emotion, a few of us took a different approach: we placed the 1991 Constitution side by side with the 2025 Bill and simply asked, What structurally changes?

What emerged is a set of design questions every citizen can weigh:

Does this Bill make elections easier to conclude—or easier to prolong?

Does it increase the power of voters—or the power of procedure?

Does it protect political pluralism as a right—or make it conditional on winning?

Does it simplify democratic choice—or entangle it in courts, committees, and delays?

Attached/linked is a brief, evidence-based summary drawn directly from the texts. It includes a side-by-side comparison of the 1991 Constitution and the 2025 Bill, and

two one-page reflections—one in neutral civic language, one in plain moral terms.

This is not a call to panic. It is a call to read carefully. Democracy is not only about what laws say. It is about how power is allowed to move.

May this help us talk with clarity, not heat.

Loyally,

Amadu Massally

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