Fellow Citizens:
I say all the Ugandan political parties , from purely strategic point of view, are doing the right think in calling upon their members to boycott the up coming Yoweri Museveni Referendum. Political Game theorist and strategist, do believe that Museveni and his NRM should not be given any more legitimacy. If he wants to go ahead with his referendum let him do it alone with his NRM. The way politics normally works out, Museveni and his NRM will suffer the consequences of their action. Again I say do not give Museveni or the NRM any legitimacy.
Matek
Subject: Newvision Editorial - Drop boycott call
Drop boycott call
THE G6 opposition group that gathers together the six main
opposition parties has vowed to boycott the upcoming referendum.
This is a serious error of judgement.
The G6 argues that the sum total of the referendum,
Constitutional Amendment Bills if passed into law, and the lifting of
presidential term limits will be to entrench a one-party state in Uganda.
The G6 should certainly keep these issues on the political
agenda. However it is absurd to conclude that it is therefore necessary
to organise a boycott of the referendum . The most important question in
the referendum will be whether to return to full multi-party politics.
All key political decision-makers, both within the Movement
and outside it, agree that the time is right for competitive
multi-party politics. Great strides have already been made in registering
political parties. However many Movement supporters, especially in the
countryside, are still opposed to a return to multi-party politics.
It is NOT a foregone conclusion that the referendum will
bring about a return to full multi-party politics. It is possible that a
majority of Ugandans will vote to retain the Movement. This possibility
becomes more likely if the G6 successfully mobilises its supporters to
boycott the referendum.
T he G6 must seriously ask itself whether it wants to return
to multi-party politics. If it prefers not to have multi-partyism under
the existing political conditions, then it can maintain its call for a
boycott. But if it believes that pluralism even under imperfect
conditions is better than the Movement system, then the G6 should drop its
call for a boycott.
Published on: Saturday, 7th May, 2005
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