West Africa: Political Party De-Registration or De-Recognition

West Africa: Political Party De-Registration or De-Recognition

Analysis - Deregistration is one of the sanctions often meted out to political parties when they breach any critical provision of the electoral code. Some electoral laws require that political parties secure a number of seats in the parliament to qualify to exist as a political party. Parties can also be required to meet certain constitutional performance benchmarks without which an infracting political party may be deregistered. When political …