The petition was filed in the office of the Registrar at the Constitutional Court in Kampala. The petitioner of the Uganda Law Society through its President Francis Gimara questioned Articles 8 and 10 of the Constitutional Amendment Act which extended the terms of office of MPs and Local Government Leaders by 2 more years. The Law Society also argued that passing the Constitutional Amendment by implication now required the Electoral Commission to hold separate Parliamentary and Presidential polls contravening current provisions in the Constitution. The Law Society was also aggrieved with the manner in which the amendment was conceptualized, tabled and passed by the Parliament on 20th December. “And we would like the Constitutional Court to make determinations if not for anything, at least to guide the next process of how a Constitution is amended. And also our interest that we are asking Court is to ask Parliament to bring up a law to oppressionalize Chapter 18 because in the absence of rules of amendment; we would not like to see the next set of amendments go through a process that we witnessed recently.”

The Law Society also said the Constitutional Amendment undermines the sovereignty of the people. It adds that the assault and arrest of the MPs by security forces in the Parliament's Chambers during the debate on the amendments which contravenes Articles of the Constitution on personal liberty, respect for human dignity and freedom of expression. The petition is backed by affidavits signed by Constitutional Lawyer and former Chairperson of the Constitutional Review Commission Prof. Fredrick Sempebwa as well as Agago North MP and former Leader of Opposition in Parliament Moses Ogenga Latigo. The Attorney General is expected to file a response to the petition within 15 days. Other groups including the Opposition Forum for Democratic Change Party and 6 MPs suspended from the house during the debate on the Constitutional Amendment are also expected to file different petitions challenging the Act.