UGANDA: Dr Faustus, I presume
A growing minority within the ruling National Resistance Movement opposes
another five-year term for President Yoweri Museveni in 2006 as well as
the political reforms that his supporters are trying to push through parliament.
Last week, Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee threw out a proposal the
Movement Amendment Bill to strengthen the NRM in the transition to
multi-party politics. Opponents of the bill fear that the dominant Museveni
clique in the NRM would use provisions such as the creation of a new tier of
executive committees to tighten their grip.
Personal power Museveni's is at the heart of the political
debate. Sceptics believe the campaign by Museveni supporters to abolish term
limits (the constitution stipulates a maximum of two elected terms) is laying
the ground for a life presidency. Others say that removing the term limit is a
Museveni tactic: let him pick his own successor or he will stay on as President.
The NRM has failed to establish any mechanism for a successor to Museveni to
emerge. That omission is central: the organisation of a peaceful succession may
prove the ultimate test of Museveni's legacy.
The
Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in
anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas
"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans
l'anarchie"
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