It's not clear that that narrative tells the full story. I would want live testimony from, at a minimum, jia 21. I myself have touched the payment box intending to pay -- or thinking that touching it resulted in an autopayment -- only to be informed by Sudane that payment was not received, at which time I paid late. Jia23 may have done that. I think that such an attempt to pay should be a correctable mistake that does not deprive a citizen of the essential rights of citizenship if she pays the arrears at this point.
Perhaps the members of the SC have less respect for the right to vote, as imposed on us by the UDHR, which has Constitutional force, then I do. If so, I consider that a matter for RA oversight of the SC to consider in due course.
I also note that Calli has not been confirmed on the SC by the RA. We should hold a confirming session and question her for that purpose as soon as possible.
I do note that there is currently an automatic confirmation if the RA does not act. This must change. It allows the LRA to confirm controversial candidates for the SC on her own by simply not including a confirmation process on the agenda. We need to implement a requirement that no one can serve on the SC until and unless confirmed by the RA -- with no automatic confirmation. That would prevent the LRA from unilaterally confirming controversial candidates. Arguably, this might allow the LRA to prevent a candidate from being confirmed by never scheduling a confirmation hearing -- but I think such a hearing could be added to the RA agenda on motion from the floor, so that won't be a problem.
Beathan
Let's keep things simple enough to be fair, substantive enough to be effective, and insightful enough to be good.