55. Participation of persons with disabilities in political public life
(1) Every adult person with a disability is entitled to enjoy and exercise the right to vote, hold public office and participate in political and public life as any other citizen without any form of discrimination.
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(2) A person with a disability has the right to participate in public administration, civil society, political parties, and other associations or organizations.
(3) A person with a disability has the right to fully participate and take part in decision-making processes.
(4) The Minister shall after consultation with the Committee and Independent Electoral Commission-
(a) guarantee that persons with disabilities can exercise their political rights by-
(i) ensuring that political campaigns are fully accessible and easy to understand by all persons with disabilities particularly in the use of the media,
(ii) ensuring that voting procedure, facilities, and materials are appropriate, accessible, and easy to understand and use,
(iii) ensuring that voter registration locations are accessible to persons with disabilities,
(iv) ensuring that polling places in each voting Center have accessible requirements to voters with disabilities including accommodation of voters who use wheelchairs, devices for persons with low vision and tactile ballot templates for visually impaired and deaf-blind persons, and provision of a sign language interpreter for the deaf/hard of hearing.
(v) providing training for poll workers on the rights of the persons with disabilities and the practical means of ensuring their rights,
(vi) ensuring that voters with disabilities have the same degree of information available when casting their ballot as others,
(viii) guaranteeing the free expression of the will of the persons with disabilities as electors, and where necessary, at their request, allowing assistance in voting by a person of their own choice, or
(ix) setting up criteria and procedures to be applied in appointing qualified persons with disabilities to be elected or appointed to represent persons with disabilities in all decision and policy-making process during the elections, through affirmative action or special prescribed arrangements,
(b) actively promote an environment in which persons with disabilities can effectively and fully participate in the conduct of public affairs without discrimination; encourage their participation in the public affairs including-
(i) participation in non-governmental organizations and associations concerned with the public and political life of the country including the activities and administration of political parties, or
(ii) forming and joining organizations of persons with disabilities to represent their interests at all levels.
(5) Where a voting center is inaccessible to persons with disabilities, an alternative location shall be identified and publicized to be used by such persons.
(6) The Government shall initiate and encourage the appointment of persons with disabilities in the organs of Government at all levels.
(7) A person aggrieved by a decision of the Advisory Committee may petition the courts of law or the Ombudsman for a review of the complaint.
(8) Where a person with a disability is a party to any judicial proceedings, the adjudicating body shall take into account the physical and mental condition of the person with a disability.
(4) (vii) encouraging and providing reasonable accommodation to persons with disabilities to stand for elections and to hold office and perform all political functions at all levels in the Government; introduction of a minimum quota at the National Assembly.