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Obote
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By Christopher Kiwawulo
A NEW party claiming to have broken away from the Uganda Peoples’
Congress (UPC) is seeking registration.
Leaders of the Congress Service Volunteers (COSEVO) have already picked
registration forms from the registrar general
The party’s interim chairman, Saddam Bisase,
said they had collected 200,000 signatures from 22 districts.
“Our party has joined the 2006 presidential race though we have not yet
decided who would stand for presidency,” he told journalists in Kampala on
Thursday.
He said they broke away from UPC after they failed to agree with its
president, Milton Obote (above), on the mode of
appointing party leaders.
COSEVO, however, threatened to apply for a court injunction if they were
locked out of talks with other political parties.
The National Political Commissar, Dr. Crispus Kiyonga, said a fortnight ago that only credible
political organisations would attend the talks.
President Yoweri Museveni
recently appointed a 25-man committee to represent the Government in direct
talks with the opposition. It comprised 10 ministers, nine MPs, two district
chairmen, a Movement historical, an academician, a historical and a priest.
Published on: Saturday,
1st November, 2003
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