The executive members of the Uganda Inter-Religious Council (IRCU) have asked the Parliament of Uganda to reinstate the presidential term limits as they were in the original 1995 Uganda constitution.
Joshua Kitakule
The Secretary General of IRCU, Joshua Kitakule says that for the people to respect the leadership of the government, Presidents should be leaving power before the citizens are tired of them.
The 8th parliament voted in 2005 to lift the two term limit for President, allowing anyone to rule Uganda for life or as long as one wants, which has in effect seen President Museveni continue to be president now reading for his 4th elected term.
Kitakule also say that the Electoral Commission should be reorganized to streamline the conduct of elections in Uganda. He says the Electoral Commission was put in place before the country went into political party dispensation therefore the way it conducts elections does not rhyme well with multiparty political system.
He says the constitution should be revised to ensure all political stakeholders are involved in the formation of the Electoral Commission so that people get confidence in elections.
Although the just ended 2011 general elections in Uganda were peaceful, the opposition has refused to accept the results claiming the EC works to favour the ruling party NRM and President Museveni who appoint the Electoral Commission.