{UAH} Opposition MPs/civil society/ordinary people should go to the constitutional court to seek interpretation on MPs extending their terms by 2 years. Is that extension constitutional ?

Folks:

One issue that may be properly interpreted is whther asbsent  an emergency or war, sitting MPs can legaly extend their term even for a day? Put diferently under what circumstances does the Ugandan constitution anticipateor entertain extension of parlimentray term for siting MPs?  This is the sort of question Lord mayor Elias Lukwago used to be good at it when he still practised  law with vigour. Actually, litigation made him the political darling  he is today. 

So ordinary folks  including you-members of UAH should consider going to the constititional  court to seek interpretation specifically on the two term extension for MPs. 

Parliament is free to enact laws AS LONG AS they are constitutional.  Constitutionality is a matter for the courts to declare. NRM, opposition MPs or anyone for that matter cannot say with finality that such an amendment is constitutional  or unconstitutional. That is not their job.  Even NRM can go to court to seek similar interpretation .

So instead of talking, interested parties should do the right thing: go to court.

It is also true that parialamnet s not bound by the decisions of its predecessors. Similarly this parliment CANNOT bind future parliaments, whicn can undo anything the current parliament and previous parliaments encated.

WBK