and Nationality Law in 1956, but the basic provisions did not change. In 1960, the policy of indirect rule was abandoned and integration of the indigenous people began, eliminating the remaining differences in citizenship status between the aboriginal and the Americo-Liberian people. The 1956 Aliens and Nationality Law was repealed and replaced by a statute of the same name in 1973. Under its terms only a Negro person who was born in Liberia or a person born abroad to a father of Negro descent who was Liberian of origin and has lived in Liberia, could acquire nationality at birth. Children born abroad were required to reside in Liberia or to take an Oath of Allegiance upon reaching majority to retain their Liberian status. Children born abroad to a Liberian mother and alien father were permitted to naturalize, if their father naturalized. Provisions for acquisition of nationality through marriage were changed, indicating that all foreign spouses must meet naturalization requirements. Women who had previously automatically lost their nationality because of marriage with a foreigner were declared to be Liberian, as long as they had not voluntarily acted to acquire other nationality. In 1979, an amendment to the constitution was proposed to allow persons who were not of Negro descent to acquire nationality in Liberia. Before it was passed, in 1980, the constitution was suspended by a coup d'état. A new constitution was drafted in 1984 and went into force in 1986. Under Article 28 of the new constitution, children born abroad could equally acquire nationality from their mothers; however, they were required to renounce any other nationalities at majority. An inconsistency of law was created with this provision as the 1973 Aliens and Nationality Law was not amended. Though Liberia promised to amend its nationality statutes and remove provisions that were inconsistent with human rights treaties in 2011, the 1973 law remains in force. A draft constitution was reviewed in 2015 to remove the racial clauses and allow for dual nationality, but it was unsuccessful. In 2019, the Supreme Court ruled in Alvin Teage Jalloh v Olubanke King-Akerele that automatically depriving a citizen of Liberian status because they had acquired dual nationality was unconstitutional as Section 22.2 of the Aliens and Nationality Law abridged constitutional protections for Due process. Though the legislature again attempted to amend the constitution, a procedural issue halted a proposed 2020 referendum. In July 2022, President Weah