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Niger opposition leader claims presidential dissolution of high court is 'coup'

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] An opposition politician in Niger on Tuesday accused President Mamadou Tandja of committing a coup d'etat by annulling the West African country's Constitutional Court on Monday. Bazoum Mohamed of the Nigerien Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) said that Tandja did not have the right to assume emergency powers, disband the court, or dissolve the parliament. Marou Amadou, a prominent political opponent of Tandja, was arrested after urging military intervention. Niger's military has pledged to remain neutral in the conflict and urged political leaders to focus on dialogue. The political unrest in Niger stems from an attempt by Tandja to remain in power for a third term despite a two-term constitutional limit. In May, the Constitutional Court ruled that plans to hold a referendum on allowing a third term violated the 1999 Constitution. Tandja responded to the ruling by dissolving parliament and assuming emergency powers.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on June 30, 2009 (boomark / email).