Lawmakers central blows inward Republic of Uganda parliament for 2d twenty-four hours over presidential historic catamenia trammel (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
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Lawmakers brawled inwards Uganda’s parliament for a minute twenty-four hours running on Midweek over a fiercely disputed displace to modify the constitution to permit long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni run for re-election later historic menses 75.
MPs exchanged blows too kicks, amongst some using microphone stands equally unsmooth weapons inwards the melee, too at to the lowest degree ii woman mortal lawmakers were carried out of the bedroom later collapsing, a Reuters journalist on the scene said.
At to the lowest degree 25 MPs opposed to the proposed constitutional amendment to prolong Museveni’s tenure were forcibly ejected on orders of the speaker for interest inwards fighting on Tuesday. All other like-minded MPs thence walked out.
After calm returned, ruling political party MP Raphael Magyezi introduced the contested motion authorizing parliament to draft too nowadays a nib that would elevator the constitution’s historic menses cap on presidential candidates.
The motion passed, parliament communications managing director Chris Obore told Reuters, adding that Magyezi would bring virtually a calendar month to submit the nib to a showtime reading inwards the House.
Under the existing constitution, eligibility to stand upwards equally a presidential candidate inwards the East African set down has an historic menses ceiling of 75.
That makes Museveni, 73, inwards ability since 1986 too increasingly defendant of authoritarianism too a failure to curb corruption, unqualified to seek re-election at the side past times side polls inwards 2021. Removing the historic menses cap would erase that barrier.
The proposal, echoing steps past times other veteran African leaders to void legal limits on their rule, has stirred widespread resistance from rights activists, opposition parties, religious leaders too fifty-fifty some members of Museveni’s party.
Fisticuffs showtime broke out inwards the Kampala parliament on Tuesday, leading Uganda’s communication regulator to ban alive broadcasts of events “inciting the public”.
"PUBLIC INSECURITY"
In a unwrap on Wednesday, the Republic of Uganda Communications Commission said radio too telly stations should halt alive broadcasts of events that "are inciting the public, discriminating, stirring upwards hatred, promoting a civilization of violence ... too are probable to create world insecurity.”
No station aired Wednesday's proceedings, precisely some posted clips of the brawls on their Twitter feeds.
Uganda's ii major privately owned TV stations, including a local unit of measurement of Kenya's Nation Media Group, too some radio stations carried Tuesday's parliamentary session live.
Critics said the authorities' activity to ban alive broadcasts underscored a crackdown on anyone questioning the planned constitutional amendment.
Since terminal week, when a motion to kick-start the amendment procedure was supposed to move read precisely never made it to the floor, both police delineate too state of war machine personnel bring been deployed to a greater extent than or less the parliament too many parts of the capital.
Protests past times students too opposition activists too supporters inwards Kampala against the amendment, sometimes broadcast live, bring been pose downwards amongst tear gas too arrests of scores of people.
Media inwards Republic of Uganda routinely complain of harassment past times safety personnel. Journalists tell they bring been beaten, detained or their equipment damaged or confiscated during coverage of anti-government demonstrations.
On Tuesday, anti-government protests likewise occurred inwards other parts of the country, including inwards the northern town of Lira. Three local journalists in that location were arrested equally they covered the protests, according to Hudson Apunyo, an official inwards a journalists' association inwards the area.
Robert Ssempala, national coordinator for Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda, said banning alive broadcasts was "to nigh out Ugandans too maintain them inwards the nighttime on the historic menses bound debate" later the mensurate met broad resistance.
Reuters
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