Constitutional Reform – 2009

In May 2009, the Constitutional Congress (CC) and Eminent Persons Advisory Council held a joint plenary (EPAC), where the two bodies discussed substantive issues arising from the theme committee reports produced in 2008. The bodies also deliberated the 2004 constitutional draft by working through it clause-by-clause. [1] The plenary resulted in a new constitutional draft; on June 26, 2009, the Solomon Islands National Constitutional Congress and the EPAC produced the 1st 2009 Draft Federal Constitution of Solomon Islands.[2]

[1] “Information on the Constitutional Congress & EPAC,” Solomon Islands Constitutional Reform Program, May 2014.

[2] 1st 2009 Draft Federal Constitution of Solomon Islands, The Solomon Islands National Constitutional Congress and the Eminent Persons Advisory Council, June 26, 2009.