Contents: Introduction • General Comments • Comments on Specific Provisions • Conclusion •The memorandum says on April 24, the Administrator-General of South West Africa issued a draft Registration of Voters (Constituent Assembly) Proclamation for the election for a Constitute Assembly to be held in November 1989. The draft proclamation appears to be based upon the election registration proclamation used in 1978 in Namibia. The memorandum says the draft proclamation needs to be corrected in significant ways. The memorandum discusses the United Nations Special Representative for Namibia, the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN), Vera Moahuurua, the CCN Legal Aid Unit, Hartaut Ruppel,...
Contents: Introduction • General Comments • Comments on Specific Provisions • Conclusion •The memorandum says on April 24, the Administrator-General of South West Africa issued a draft Registration of Voters (Constituent Assembly) Proclamation for the election for a Constitute Assembly to be held in November 1989. The draft proclamation appears to be based upon the election registration proclamation used in 1978 in Namibia. The memorandum says the draft proclamation needs to be corrected in significant ways. The memorandum discusses the United Nations Special Representative for Namibia, the Council of Churches in Namibia (CCN), Vera Moahuurua, the CCN Legal Aid Unit, Hartaut Ruppel, Lorentz and Bone, lawyers, the DTA (Democratic Turnhalle Alliance), SWAPO (South West African People's Orgaization), Walvis Bay, U.N. Resolution 435, the definition of an "identity document," reference book, certificate of citizenship, the Admission of Persons to the Republic of South Africa Act, the registration card, qualifications for registration, Angolan refugees living in the North of Namibia, South African civil servants, Chief Registration Officer, powers of Registration Officers, Application for Registration, churches, pastors, district officers, inspection, objections, statement of cases for decision by judge, the Supreme Court of SWA, offenses and penalties, imprisonment, intimidation, coercion, harassment, violence, identity number on a registration card, ethnic or racial identity, discrimination against voters who do not have an SWA identity number, those returning from exile, the disenfranchisement of persons who turn 18 after the close of registration and before the elections, and the political parties.
