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FDC scoffs at govt proposal to govern parties’ internal elections

GEORGE OKELLO | PML Daily Senior Correspondent by GEORGE OKELLO | PML Daily Senior Correspondent
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FDC spokesman Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda addressing the press in Kampala on Monday (PHOTO/Courtesy).

KAMPALA – The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has urged Parliament to eject regulations proposed by government to govern political parties’ internal elections during Covid 19 period.

Last Thursday, government presented the proposed regulations to Parliament. In the regulations, government wants parties under regulation (2) to conduct virtual meetings, generate resolutions through signing of papers and to use unauthorized organs of parties to handpick flag bearers.

“The FDC urges Parliament to reject these regulations because they have the effect of overthrowing multiparty democracy. This is encouraging political parties to overthrow their own constitutions. How then will parties respect the national Constitution? As FDC, the procedures and processes of candidate identification and selection are well laid out in our constitution. We will not learn NRM bad manners,” Mr Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, the FDC chairperson, told journalists in Kampala on Monday, 06 July 2020.

He added that they have been informed that these regulations are solely to benefit the National Resistance Movement (NRM), “which manipulated its Constitution recently to provide for lining up behind candidates and are now stuck because of Covid.”

“The NRM wants to return to Electoral College and secret ballot which they selfishly removed from their constitution. Let them carry their cross alone. Even if they are passed by Parliament, the FDC shall not abide by these regulations which are unconstitutional. We dont need regulations to uphold internal democracy in FDC,” Mr Nganda added.

He said FDC recognizes that Uganda like any other country is faced with the Covid 19 pandemic. The FDC believes World Health Organization (WHO) finding that social distancing, hand washing and wearing face masks are the surest way of stopping the spread of Covid 19 by the Corona virus.

“We therefore think as FDC that holding a normal election on the dates stipulated in the Constitution (January-February 2020) as announced by the Electoral Commission is a big risk. But if as a country we choose to do so, these elections must be transparent as commanded by the Constitution. The Constitution provides for only normal elections where candidates freely interact with the electorate,” he added.

“Any attempt to modify these elections will be unlawful. We have made this point clear to the Electoral Commission. Extension of the term of the President and Parliament as is being suggested in some quarters cannot happen because it is not supported by the Constitution. The FDC rejects digital campaigns because they compromise the quality of elections.

The Peoples Government and the FDC are in final phases of producing a position paper that calls for a transitional arrangement when the term of office for the president, Parliament and local governments comes to an end. We will circulate this document to all political players, civil society and to religious leaders to facilitate a national dialogue and consensus.

We think the country should allow the term of office for the current administration to expire. When it does so, an interim council should run the government and organize elections when the pandemic is over. The nature of the council and its members should be agreed upon by all political players in the country.”

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