Uganda: Aborted Recall - Speaker Was Not Under Pressure

24 January 2013

The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga was not under pressure when she rejected a petition to recall Parliament from recess by a group of MPs.

Kadaga last week threw out a petition that though recall of Parliament from recess to discuss issues of constitutionalism and the rule of law, urging the Executive arm to respect the independence of Parliament and the Judiciary which many people said was due to intense pressure exerted on her by the state.

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