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We are looking at the wrong crisis. The problem isn’t that a Deputy Speaker forgot his constitutional law degree. The problem is that the degree is completely useless in a state governed by raw power.
When a military general appoints a legislative leader with a single social media post, the illusion of democratic separation of powers disappears.
This public exchange was not an innocent congratulations. It was a public demonstration of dominance. By accepting the endorsement with gratitude rather than pointing to the constitutional electoral process, the legislature officially surrendered its independence.
We cannot fight corruption using a system designed around patronage. When the highest legal minds in the land value a general's tweet over the supreme law of the country, the institutions are broken. They are working exactly as intended for the people who hold the guns.
Congratulations, Owekitiibwa Bernard Tayebwa, on being overwhelmingly voted into the office of the deputy speaker of the 12th Parliament via a single proxy X post.
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