Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has refused to sign a new anti-homosexuality bill, which carries the death penalty in some cases, and has called for it to be amended.
Museveni’s decision was announced late Thursday after a meeting of Lawmakers which decided to send the bill back to the National Assembly with recommendations for improvement.
Museveni condemned homosexuality at the meeting in the capital, Kampala, accusing Europe of trying to drag the country into hopelessness as they themselves were lost.
Museveni also praised lawmakers for approving the bill, commending them for their strong stance and for rejecting the pressure put on them by those he calls imperialists.
A presidential spokesman said Museveni was not opposed to the sanctions proposed in the bill, but wanted lawmakers to consider “the issue of pardons.
Museveni told Lawmakers he had no objections to sentencing, but had doubts about rehabilitating people who have been gay in the past and would like to find a new life. normal life,” spokesperson Sandor Walusimbi tweeted.
It was agreed that the bill would return to Parliament for pardons to be considered before he could sign it into law.
Homosexuality is already illegal in the East African country under a colonial-era law that criminalizes sexual acts “against the order of nature”. This offense is punishable by life imprisonment.
The bill has broad support in Uganda, including from religious leaders and others who have called for a tough new law against gays.
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