THE PROPOSED ELECTORAL REFORMS 1. A new independent and impartial Electoral Commission with selection of commissioners carried out by the Judicial Service Commission in public hearings. 2. A new, clean and verifiable register of voters including Ugandans in the Diaspora, compiled by the new Electoral Commission. The register must be a public document, ready six months before elections. 3. The military must be withdrawn from electoral processes, with the regular police handling all matters of law and order and monitored by the EC. The President should relinquish tactical command and control of armed forces to the Joint Chief of Staff. 4. Establish mechanism to monitor and prevent raids for funds from central bank, ministries and international assistance accounts. 5. To address patronage, no new political offices shall be created in the last term of the President. No minister should be an MP at the same time. 6. Repeal the Public Order Management Act and institute penalties for media houses that fail to cover elections objectively and fairly. Allow media report in real time the votes counted and winners and declare all general election results at constituency level. 7. Review special interest group representation, restore term limits and amend Section 59 of Presidential Elections Act that establishes substantiality test for election petitions.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:29:04 +0000
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