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THIS WEEK: Deputy Chief Justice warns politicians over age limit petition
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alphonse Owiny-Dollo, the Deputy Chief Justice, warned politicians during the hearing of a petition against the constitutional amendment where a cap on the presidential age limit was lifted. Owiny Dollo told politicians; both petitioners and respondents against politicking in the constitutional court case being heard in Mbale. “As the head of this court, I will not tolerate any politicking, you did your politics last year and we did not intervene so I would like to remind you that this is a judicial institution and not a political institution,” said Owiny-Dollo who is head of the Constitutional Court.
Some of the politicians included Deputy Attorney General Mwesigwa Rukutana, representing government. Other politicians included Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, MPs Ibrahim Semujju, Mubarak Munyagwa, and Allan Sewanyana.
Some of the issues being raised in the petition include the issue that citizens were not consulted on the amendment, the extension of the parliamentary term from five to seven years, and the attack on parliament by officers of the Special Forces Command (SFC).
