On 25th June 2012 KPTJ delivered a Public Petition to Parliament opposing a number of controversial amendment introduced and passed on June 20th and 21st, 2012 through the Statute (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2012.These amendments included the amendment the of the Political Parties Act 2011 to allow that current Members of Parliament (MP) and local authorities are exempt from the prohibition to declare support of another political party separate from the one which they were elected in; an amendment of the Elections Act to require that persons nominated to run for MP must be a holder of a degree from a recognized university; and an amendment of Vetting of Judges and Magistrates Act 2011 that seeks to transfer the vetting of Magistrates to the Judicial Service Commission

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