Areas for which the Constitutional Commission advocates reform, listed in descending order of priority:
• Amending citizenship provisions to achieve gender-neutrality and full equality between men and women with respect to the acquisition or transmission of nationality.
• Expanding the definition of discrimination in Article 26 to include “sex” as a prohibited ground.
• Creating a constitutionally and operationally autonomous Director of Public Prosecutions with control over public prosecutions.
• Creating an independent and constitutionally secure Election and Boundaries Commission, with responsibility for the conduct of elections and reviewing the boundaries of constituencies.
Other changes or administrative actions which the Commission recommends for fast-tracking, but which can be accomplished by ordinary legislation or executive action:
• The establishment of a working group or commission on citizenship and nationality to consider further questions relating to nationality, citizenship and status in the Bahamas, with a view to preparing recommendations for constitutional and other reforms that may be required.
• The establishment of the public office of Ombudsman or Complaints Commissioner.
• The reformulation of the Oath of Allegiance to pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas.
• Provision for a system of public defenders as well as a suitable system for the provision of legal aid.
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