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Musaazi, You are obviously relatively new on Ugandanet and therefore may not
know that much of what you are trying to portray has been discussed on
Ugandanet at some length. I will time allowing go through my archives and
repost any relevant material. I have sent this posting directly to you and
Edward Mulindwa because for some strange reason my postings to Ugandanet take
unduly long to get to the net. First and foremost, Mulindwa is not a member of UPC as he has
repeatedly said so but to no avail. His referring you to a UPC forum is
therefore correct as he cannot speak on behalf of a Party to which he is not
even a member. Your problem seems to be that if Mulindwa has anything positive
to say about the UPC and its leader Obote, then he must be a member is erroneous. Second, you have continued to repeatedly allege that Obote and the UPC
instituted the one-Party State and seem to use this as an apparently justification
for the NRM one-Party state. Please show us the Constitutional Article that
brought this into being. The fact of the matter is that the 1962, 1966 and 1967
Constitutions were based on the multiparty parliamentary elections model and I challenge
you to show otherwise. For The UPC has a clearly laid down procedure for electing its leader and
if you honestly examine the restrictions in Article 269 of the 1995
Constitution, there is no way that the UPC can legitimately elect another
leader. Anything done outside the Constitution of the UPC is as good as you, Musaazi appointing Edward Mulindwa the spokesman of the UPC
whereby you have neither the authority to do so and no member of the UPC will take
the appointment seriously. The UPC is not like to Movement where the leader has
to see someone whom he thinks has the vision and capability and appoints that
person to the position of President. The UPC President is elected by a body
which itself is constituted through elections and that body is the Delegates
Conference. The UPC’s Delegates Conference is the only body authorised to
appoint a UPC President which itself is constituted as a result of Branch
elections, followed by Constituency elections and District elections so please tell
how this can be legitimately done in light of the restrictions in Article 269
which are that “political activities may continue except”: - (a)
opening and operating branch
offices; (b)
holding delegates’
conferences; (c)
holding public rallies; (d)
sponsoring or offering a platform
to or in anyway campaigning for or against a candidate for any public elections; (e)
carrying
on any activities that may interfere with the movement political system for the
time being in force.” The Political Parties and Organisations Act 2002 which is being challenged
in Court has these very same restrictions while Movement leaders are mockingly
saying that the Parties should register so that they can engage in politics! The Fugee |
