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Uganda President Yoweri Museveni signed in Law, again, in order to test civilians in a military court in a correction of authority.
The previous law that allows these trials was unconstitutional court in January.
Before that regulation, Civilians could be taken to a military court if they met with military equipment like guns or army uniforms. Activists complained that the law was used to pursue government critics.
The parliamentary changed the correction of the police after the last month and the opposition legislators had boycotted.
In January, the judges said that the military court had no capacity and essential, at the time the International Human Rights Society.
The change appears to try to correct some problems.
The courts say they must have legal qualifications and important training. They also say that while their functions are legal, they should be independent and impartial.
But civilians can be found with military hardware.
“The law shall decide with the armed violent criminals, the formation of militant political groups that want to seek democratic processes, and the national security is linked to a strong founder.” Don’t fix it! “Army spokesman He wrote Col Chris Magezi X after passing the bills.
But the opposition head Bobi wine said that the law would be used against him and against others.
“We are directing by the action by the action,” said AFP news agencies.
Ugandan law societyThe professional body represented by the country lawyers, he said it will be “constitutionalism”.
Over the years, the activists argued that the military court muted the government dissident that people had been planted evidence.
“If you are a political opponent, you will find a way to access the military court and then justice will never visit your door,” Gawaya Tegulle said the focus of the African Podcast in February.
He added that the people can face the finish by the courts waiting for the decisions of the older military characters that will never come, and those who find and find guilty than punitive punishments than penalties.
The last factual case was the main figure of the long-time opposition before November. He received him next to Kenya, taken across the border and then charged his gun in a military Court to try to buy weapons abroad.
These charges fell and replaced with others, when his case was transferred to the Civil Court after the Supreme Court Judgment.
Museveni, who has been in power since 1986, described that the judgment is “wrong decision”“The country is not governed by judges. The people regulate.”
He had advocated in advance the use of military courts in advance Saying, “they addressed the many criminals and terrorist activities to kill people to kill people.”
He said that the Civil Court was busy “to handle these criminals to quickly manage guns.”