6 hours agoMPs beaten with fists and chairs (Photo)
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)The chaotic scene erupted in Uganda's parliament, while MPs debated the controversial removal of the presidential age border. Bloods among lawmakers flared after someone claimed an MP was armed in the hall. Parliament leader ordered raids but no weapons were found, local media reports. MPs faced physically amid [...]
The chaotic scene erupted in Uganda's parliament, while MPs debated the controversial removal of the presidential age border.
Bloods among lawmakers flared after someone claimed an MP was armed in the hall.
Parliament leader ordered raids but no weapons were found, local media reports.
MPs clashed physically among themselves, striking each other with fists and chairs
The issue of limited age is questionable, because old president Yoweri Musveni is 73 years old and the limit for re-election is limited to 75.
President Musveni has been in power since 1986 and has been elected democraticly as president since 1996.
But the current border of constitutional age would prevent him from staying for a fourth term in the 2021 elections.
His ruling party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), is involved in a controversial bill to review the country's Constitution.
A previous dual restrictions were lifted in 2005 to allow President Musveni to stay for a third term.
