NIAMEY, Niger – The president of Niger recently issued a decree dissolving the West African country’s parliament after he lost a court battle to change the constitution so he could run for a third term in office.
NIAMEY, Niger – The president of Niger recently issued a decree dissolving the West African country’s parliament after he lost a court battle to change the constitution so he could run for a third term in office.
President Mamadou Tandja’s decree was read on state-owned radio, and it gave no reason for his decision for the dissolution of the assembly.
However, it came hours after Niger’s constitutional court rejected Tandja’s call to change the constitution so he can run for a third term as the country’s leader. Insiders say Tandja was punishing parliament for having failed to support him in his bid to do that.
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