THE RECENT HAPPENINGS AT SAJJ HOUSE Restaurant, which is owned and operated by Lebanese, have again sparked the debates of giving Liberian citizenship out to people of ‘non-Negro descent.’AT THE MOMENT, THE LIBERIAN CONSTITUTION, which is this nation’s organic law, doesn’t support giving citizenship to Caucasians or people of non-Negro descent. c) THE LEGISLATURE SHALL, adhering to the above standard, prescribe such other qualification criteria for the procedures by which naturalization may be obtained. No citizen of the Republic shall be deprived of citizenship or nationality except as provided by law; and no person shall be denied the right to change citizenship or nationality. These restrictions include the limitation of citizenship only to black people, the limitation of property ownership exclusively to citizens, and the non-allowance of dual citizenship. And with the recent happenings at SAJJ House Restaurant, social media users have made the debates to gain steam again, especially for those who are against people of non-Negro descent becoming citizens of their country.

Source: Front Page Africa May 15, 2018 02:15 UTC