Members\nof the Opposition are preparing a private members\u2019 bill that seeks to include\npresidential aspirants who garner 10 per cent of the vote as ex-officios in\nParliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nLeader of the Opposition, Hon. Betty Aol Ocan, said that presidential\ncandidates who get a certain percentage of votes should have seats as\nex-officio members in a bid to have an independent Parliament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking\nto the media, Wednesday, 30 January 2018, Aol Ocan said the Opposition will\nseek leave of Parliament to present the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe\nshall move a private members bill entitled the Constitution (Amendment) Bill,\n2019 since the government has failed to present the necessary bills,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She\nadded that the Bill would seek for the reinstatement of presidential term\nlimits, the introduction of federal governments and the constitution of an\nindependent electoral commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe bill also seeks to have majority and minority leaders of Parliament, strengthening the military by withdrawing them from parliament and any partisan institutions and having a limited cabinet of not more than 21 Ministers,” Aol Ocan added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hon\nBetty Nambooze Bakireke (DP, Mukono Municipality) alleged that the National\nResistance Movement was vying for a new presidential election in form of an\nelectoral college.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have learnt of a plot where the ruling party members will consider a constitutional amendment where the president will be elected by an electoral college, where the party with the majority MPs will automatically assume presidency. The Opposition is against the idea of life presidency,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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