A Comparative Analysis of the Impeachment Procedures in Nigeria and Indonesia
A Need for a Paradigm Change
Abstract
Although impeachment as the outcome of constitutionalism is significant in good governance, narrow political affiliations, institutional corruption, and the absence of democratic tenets among politicians hamper its proper application in Nigeria and Indonesia. The impeachment in both countries reveals a weaponization of the process for parochial gains and there is a penchant for using the process to remove elected officials for personal and political reasons. This study comparatively analyzes the impeachment procedures in Nigeria and Indonesia to suggest measures to strengthen and safeguard the procedures from abuse. The methodology deployed in this study is essentially a desk review of both primary and secondary materials. Given the comparative analysis of the commonalities and variant impeachment procedures in Nigeria and Indonesia, the application of the constitutional provisions for impeachment in both countries remains fraught with neo-patrimonialism and narrow party considerations, exacerbated by corruption, selfish interests, and ulterior motives to be in power endlessly. Moreover, wieldy impeachment provisions and weak institutional regimes propagate the abuse of impeachment. Hence, public participation in the impeachment process, amendment of the impeachment provisions, appointment of judges by independent bodies, and the prosecution of corrupt politicians and judges by effectively implementing extant anti-corruption laws are some of the steps to suppress the abuse of impeachment in Nigeria and Indonesia. While these measures are vigorously implemented, the abuse of the impeachment procedures will be repressed.
Keywords: Constitutionalism, Impeachment Procedures, Indonesia, Nigeria.
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Omololu Fagbadebo, “Interrogating Constitutional Requisites for Legislative Oversight in the Promotion of Accountability and Good Governance in South Africa and Nigeria” (2018) 11:1 African Studies 49–50.
Omololu Fagbadebo & Nirmala Dorasamy, “An Analysis of the Judicial Review of the Impeachment Procedures in Anambra, Oyo, and Plateau in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic” (2020) 27:48 Transylvanian Review.
Omololu Fagbadebo & Suzanne Francis, “Impeachment as an Accountability Measure in a Presidential System? Views from Nigeria” (2014) 3:2 African Journal of Governance and Development 25–126.
Osumah Oarhe, “Tonic or Toxin? The State, Neopatrimonialism, and Anticorruption Efforts in Nigeria” (2013) 28:1 The Korean Journal of Policy Studies 111–134.
Oyesola Animasaun & Howard Chitimira, “The Reliance on Lifestyle Audits for Public Officials to Curb Corruption and Tax Evasion in Nigeria” (2021) 24:Special Edition: Corporate and Financial Markets 2021 Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal 1–38.
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Published
2022-04-30
How to Cite
ANELE, Kalu Kingsley.
A Comparative Analysis of the Impeachment Procedures in Nigeria and Indonesia.
Lentera Hukum, [S.l.], v. 9, n. 1, p. 33-74, apr. 2022.
ISSN 2621-3710.
Available at: <https://jurnal.unej.ac.id/index.php/ejlh/article/view/28417>. Date accessed: 09 may 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.19184/ejlh.v9i1.28417.
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