To be allowed to operate, the government says the parties have to register under the 2002 Political Parties and Organisations Act (PPOA). Yet the act has been criticised for the draconian restrictions it places on parties, leaving them as mere pressure groups. Amongst other things, it forbids them to front candidates to campaign in presidential or parliamentary elections, or to have an office outside the capital.
This is a key point which must be emphasised. The movement Military dictatorship is requiring political parties to register in order to quote "operate"... ..and yet, if the parties were to register, they would, in essense , be in aggreement with the very draconian restrictions imposed upon them and contained in the so called PPOA . It is a catch 22 situation.
Matek
