In Uganda, leader of opposition plans to introduce constitutional amendment for proportional representation

The leader of opposition in parliament (LoP), Mathias Mpuuga has announced plans to introduce a bill that among others; seeks to amend the Ugandan Constitution to shift from the current “winner-takes-it-all” system to proportional representation. Mpuuga revealed this while addressing leaders of South Africa’s Party of Action (POA) who paid a courtesy visit to him at his parliamentary office. Mpuuga said that the current 'majoritarian' system is unfair to political parties[.] [...] “In the Busoga sub-region, our candidate defeated Gen Museveni by over 80 per cent but guess what, we have a single MP [from there]. If that were proportional representation, we probably could be having 50 MPs from Busoga,” Mpuuga said. [...] Under the proportional representation system, Mpuuga said the seats in parliament and lower-level councils would be allocated in proportion to the vote share each party garners at a general election.
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