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7th July, 2003 The Inspector General Uganda Police Dear Sir, RE: DEMONSTRATION BY THE UPC Yours of 1st July 2003 reference No. UPS 175/210/01 refers. The UPC wrote to you requesting for Police protection during the above demonstration. At no single point did we request for permission to hold the said demonstration as implied in your response to ours. Secondly it cannot be true that when we conduct a demonstration against the dictatorship, we consequently compromise national security and cause diplomatic embarrassment to Uganda. UPC is not a party of outlaws whose aim is to create insecurity and cause diplomatic embarrassment. Thirdly, you quote the POA as a requirement for parties to register before operating. I want to let you know that there is constitutional court injunction against registration and since we were saved by the 1995 constitution as an existing party, the Police has no duty to stop us from enjoying our God given and inalienable right. In your last paragraph of the same response to ours you imply that the UPC is not a peace loving party. A few questions for you: (i) Who started the 1980-1985 war that robbed his country of peace? (ii) Who caused the mayhem in Teso, Acholi, Kasese etc? Was it not the NRA and others in the theatre? UPC was never there. (iii) Who invaded Rwanda, Sudan, Kenya and the DRC? The UPC has never picked guns to fight anybody. The UPC is not a fighting group like the NRA. We are law-abiding people who have been enslaved by the Ugandan dictatorship for 17 yeas. We are therefore not going to accept blackmail. We will do our job and operate within the confines of the law. Yours is to provide security. Yours faithfully, 4 Henry MayegaAg. Chairman Presidential Policy Commission Cc: The Hon. Minister, Ministry of Internal Affairs The Regional Police Commander, Kampala The Ambassador, United States of America, Kampala |
