Marshall-Inseln, 25. April 2025 : Nur gebürtige Staatsangehörige als Abgeordnete

Mitglieder des Parlaments müssen neu von Geburt an die marshallesische Staatsangehörigkeit und traditionelle Landrechte (jowi) besitzen.

Abstimmungsfrage (marshallesisch und englisch):
"KAJJITŌK 5
KWŌJ KE ERRĀ ILO KŌWEEPPĀN OKTAK KO ÑAN KŌṂṂAN KAKKOBABA ILO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION EO AN 2017 EO – Ñan Ukōt Article IV, Section 4 IM ARTICLE XIV, SECTION 1, ikijjeen ro rōmaroñ jibadek jea ko ñan Nitijeḷā, ñan kakobaik juon subsection kāāl eo enaaj kōmlōt āinwōt in:
"Jabdewōt armej eo ej maroñ juon ri-jibadek jea ko ñan Nitijeḷā ej aikuj wōr an maroñ ioon bwidej ilo an ḷotaktok.” “Armej in Ṃajeḷ” ej meḷeḷein juon armej eo ilo tōre eo ej ḷotak, eaar wōr an jowi ikijjeen jinen ak jemān im ej juon armej in Aelōñ Kein ekkar ñan paragraph 2 subparagraph (a) Section 1 in Article XI. (Elmọkot 19D2)
AET [_] AK JAAB [_]"
"QUESTION 5
DO YOU APPROVE THE 2017 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE IV, SECTION 4, AND ARTICLE XIV, SECTION 1, relating to qualifications of Nitijela candidates by adding a new subsection to read as follows:
“Any person who is qualified to be a candidate must have land rights by birth and be a natural born citizen.” “natural born citizen” means a person who, at the time of birth, has a jowi from his mother or father and is a citizen pursuant to subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2 of Section 1 of Article XI. (PROPOSAL 19D2)
YES [_] OR NO [_]"

Abstimmungstext (nur englisch):
Kap. IV § 4 Abs. 3 (neu)
"Any person who is qualified to be candidate must have land rights by birth and be a natural born citizen"
Kap. XIV § 1:
"In this Constitution, unless the context otherwise requires:
...
"natural born citizen" means a person who, at the time of birth, has a jowi from his mother or father and is a citizen pursuant to subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2 of Section 1 of Article XI;"