By; Francis Lubega
The Shadow Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Medard Lubega Sseggona wants the Director of Public Prosecution-DPP be mandated to supervise the General Military Court martial.
The proposal is contained in the Alternative Policy Statement by the Shadow Justice and Constitutional Affairs Ministry to the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee which as the opposition are going to present to DPP.
The DPP is provided for under Article 102 of the Constitution as an autonomous institution mandated to handle and prosecute all criminal cases in the country in any court, except the court martial.
Sseggona contends that since court martial is established outside Article 129 of the constitution, it cannot be taken as an impartial and independent court because independence of the judiciary is enshrined under Article 28 of the constitution whereby once a judge is appointed, he can’t be directed by the president unlike members of the Army court who can be directed, re-deployed or demoted.
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