THE SIERRA LEONE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT BILL 2025: OBSERVATIONS AND CAUTIOUS ANALYSIS
Sierra Leone’s 2025 Constitutional Amendment Bill in a Broader African Perspective: Reform, Order, and the Quiet Redesigning of our Democracy----- The Republic Journal (13/100)—Truth, Representation, and the Future of Our Democracy. -by Aminata Diamond Constitutional reform in Africa has never been about text alone. It has always been about temperament. Every amendment proposal reveals not only what a state wishes to change, but what it fears to preserve. The Constitution of Sierra Leone (Amendment) Bill, 2025, belongs squarely within this continental tradition. It is not yet law, but it is already a statement of constitutional intention. And intention, in constitutional history, often matters more than enactment. Across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa, African constitutions have evolved toward professionalism, proceduralizing, and institutional management. Electoral bodies are redesigned. Political parties are regulated. Judicial timelines are compressed. Representation is re...