Freedom of Association : Government’s Amendment Bill Examined

During the plenary sitting of the National Assembly on June 26, 2020 the bill to amend and supplement some provisions of Law No. 90/53 of 19 December 1990 relating to freedom of association was tabled and forwarded to the Committee on Constitutional Laws for scrutiny.

On Monday, June 29, 2020, the Minister of Territorial Administration, Paul Atanga Nji in the presence of the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Relations with the Assemblies, Wakata Bolvine defended the bill in the Committee of Constitutional Laws of the House. The bill as government explains aims to amend some provisions of Section 5 (4) of Law No. 90/53 of 19 December 1990 relating to freedom of association. The amended paragraph specifies that, « Political parties, trade unions, sports associations, non-governmental organisations as well as artistic and cultural associations, shall be governed by separate instruments. » Government in the explanatory statement states that, « The purpose of this amendment is to organise a specific management metho...