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The Monitor (Kampala)
October 10, 2003
Posted to the web October 10, 2003
Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda
Lubaga
Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala has again criticised attempts by the government to remove the term limits on the presidency.
The Catholic prelate, who has openly denounced the proposal before, says what Uganda needs are good leaders - and that there are many available.
"That is my opinion," Wamala said, "whoever wants to follow it is free."
The cardinal was this week at his Lubaga offices while meeting Mr Kibirige Mayanja, the president general of the Justice Forum.
Mayanja sought audience with the cardinal to brief him about his party's delegates' conference, which took place on September 26-27 in Kampala.
The politician praised the cardinal for his public stand against the lifting of term limits.
"Allow me, therefore, on behalf of Justice Forum to congratulate Your Eminence and the entire Catholic Church for this bold stand and thank you for setting a good example of what the role of the religious leaders should be in nation building," Mayanja said.
He gave the cardinal a document, which demands a return to "genuine multiparty democracy and [the] dismantling of the instruments of dictatorship".
The document also opposes any attempts to extend President Yoweri Museveni's rule beyond 2006 when his last elective term expires.
