No Talks With Govt - Ssemo
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The Monitor (Kampala)
June 29, 2004
Posted to the web June 29, 2004
Halima Abdallah and Richard M. Kavuma
Kampala
The Democratic Party (DP) has said there is no need for negotiations with the
government on the political transition.
This follows the Constitutional Court ruling that nullified the Referendum (Political
Systems) Act 2000. "We don't need to engage in talks with Dr Crispus Kiyonga (National
Political Commissar), or get a memorandum of understanding with G12. It is finished.
The whole Movement system has been dismantled," DP President Dr Paul Kawanga
Semogerere said.
He was addressing a press conference at the DP headquarters in Kampala at the weekend,
where he explained the implications if the judgment.a
Court nullified the Act and the Referendum held on June 29, 2000, because Parliament
did not follow the right procedures while enacting the Act.
Under the Act, the Electoral Commission announced that Ugandans had chosen to be ruled
under the Movement political system for another five years.
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But Semogerere said the Movement was no more and called upon parties to reap from the
achievements in the courts and step up their efforts in championing the cause of
freedom, "even in the face of oppression".
Reform Agenda spokesperson Beti Kamya announced Col. Dr Kiiza Besigye's delight at the
DP victory. DP lawyers Mr Joseph Balikuddembe, Erias Lukwago and John Baptist Kakooza
attended.
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