KAMPALA: Fighting erupted in Uganda’s parliament for a second consecutive day on Wednesday over a plan to change the law to extend President Yoweri Museveni’s rule in the east African country.
Some lawmakers opposed to the move were also roughed up and ejected from the parliament’s chambers.
Speaker Rebecca Kadaga suspended 25 lawmakers from parliament for misbehavior on Tuesday.
The suspended MPs were accused of obstructing proceedings in a riotous session on Tuesday during which legislators brawled over efforts to introduce a contentious motion to remove the presidential age limit of 75 from Uganda’s constitution.
Museveni, who is 73 and has ruled Uganda since 1986, is ineligible to run again in 2021 if the age barrier stays.
Uganda’s media regulator Wednesday restricted live coverage of parliamentary sessions, leading local television channels to stop broadcasting a live feed.
Police have violently broken up street demonstrations protesting the effort to amend the constitution. Presidential term limits were removed from Uganda’s constitution in 2005.
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Uganda MPs ejected from parliament as row over term limit bill gets physical
Uganda MPs ejected from parliament as row over term limit bill gets physical
South Korea protests over China, Russia aircraft incursions
SEOUL: South Korea said it had lodged a protest with representatives of China and Russia on Wednesday, a day after Seoul said those countries’ warplanes had entered its air defense zone.
Seoul said the complaint had been lodged with the defense attaches of both countries in the South Korean capital.
“Our military will continue to respond actively to the activities of neighboring countries’ aircraft within the KADIZ in compliance with international law,” said Lee Kwang-suk, director general of the International Policy Bureau at Seoul’s defense ministry, referring to the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone.
South Korea said Tuesday it had deployed “fighter jets to take tactical measures in preparation for any contingencies” in response to the Chinese and Russia incursion into the KADIZ.
The planes were spotted before they entered the air defense identification zone, defined as a broader area in which countries police aircraft for security reasons but which does not constitute their airspace.
Beijing later in the day confirmed it had organized drills with Russia’s military according to “annual cooperation plans.”
And Moscow also described it as a routine exercise, saying it lasted eight hours and that some foreign fighter jets followed the Russian and Chinese aircraft.
Since 2019, China and Russia have regularly flown military aircraft into South Korea’s air defense zone without prior notice, citing joint exercises.
In November last year, Seoul scrambled jets as five Chinese and six Russian military planes flew through its air defense zone.
Similar incidents occurred in June and December 2023, and in May and November 2022.
Seoul said the complaint had been lodged with the defense attaches of both countries in the South Korean capital.
“Our military will continue to respond actively to the activities of neighboring countries’ aircraft within the KADIZ in compliance with international law,” said Lee Kwang-suk, director general of the International Policy Bureau at Seoul’s defense ministry, referring to the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone.
South Korea said Tuesday it had deployed “fighter jets to take tactical measures in preparation for any contingencies” in response to the Chinese and Russia incursion into the KADIZ.
The planes were spotted before they entered the air defense identification zone, defined as a broader area in which countries police aircraft for security reasons but which does not constitute their airspace.
Beijing later in the day confirmed it had organized drills with Russia’s military according to “annual cooperation plans.”
And Moscow also described it as a routine exercise, saying it lasted eight hours and that some foreign fighter jets followed the Russian and Chinese aircraft.
Since 2019, China and Russia have regularly flown military aircraft into South Korea’s air defense zone without prior notice, citing joint exercises.
In November last year, Seoul scrambled jets as five Chinese and six Russian military planes flew through its air defense zone.
Similar incidents occurred in June and December 2023, and in May and November 2022.
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