Absence of party ideology to blame for lack of issue-based campaigns

Parliament a previous in session. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Parliament recently passed controversial amendments to the Political Parties Act. The controversy mainly focused on the formation of pre-election coalition political parties. This week, four Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) announced they were heading to court to challenge the new law's constitutionality. They argued that the process of its passage did not meet the public participation threshold and that creation of ‘coalition political parties’ violates what the Constitution envisioned for our democracy.