FDC gathers support for 2011 elections
Feb 26, 2008
THE Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has officially started mobilising support for the 2011 elections. Accompanied by area MPs, the FDC president, Dr. Kizza Besigye, started a 10-day mobilisation drive in the northern region on Friday.
By Moses Mulondo
THE Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has officially started mobilising support for the 2011 elections.
“We began canvassing support for 2011 on Friday. We shall traverse the country as we build our political capital,†the deputy FDC spokesperson, Toterebuka Bamwenda, told journalists at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi yesterday.
Accompanied by area MPs, the FDC president, Dr. Kizza Besigye, started a 10-day mobilisation drive in the northern region on Friday.
Bamwenda said the exercise would enable the party have over 200 MPs in 2011. FDC has 39 MPs in the current Parliament while the ruling NRM has 201.
The party has allegedly recruited 120 of the 200 people who will be selling its cards in Kampala from March 6.
About three weeks ago, FDC’s national executive committee appointed over 25 secretaries to strengthen their planning and mobilisation campaign.
Bamwenda dismissed allegations that some party members supported the proposed Land Bill.
“We read and analysed the Bill. We opposed it because of the contradictions.â€
He hailed the ongoing peace talks between the Government and the Lord’s Resistance Army, saying they had brought peace in northern Uganda.
“Although the ceasefire agreement was signed on Saturday, would have made more meaning if it had been personally signed by President Yoweri Museveni and the LRA leader Joseph Kony.â€
Bamwenda urged the Government to establish a national truth and reconciliation commission to address the grievances of Ugandans.
THE Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has officially started mobilising support for the 2011 elections.
“We began canvassing support for 2011 on Friday. We shall traverse the country as we build our political capital,†the deputy FDC spokesperson, Toterebuka Bamwenda, told journalists at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi yesterday.
Accompanied by area MPs, the FDC president, Dr. Kizza Besigye, started a 10-day mobilisation drive in the northern region on Friday.
Bamwenda said the exercise would enable the party have over 200 MPs in 2011. FDC has 39 MPs in the current Parliament while the ruling NRM has 201.
The party has allegedly recruited 120 of the 200 people who will be selling its cards in Kampala from March 6.
About three weeks ago, FDC’s national executive committee appointed over 25 secretaries to strengthen their planning and mobilisation campaign.
Bamwenda dismissed allegations that some party members supported the proposed Land Bill.
“We read and analysed the Bill. We opposed it because of the contradictions.â€
He hailed the ongoing peace talks between the Government and the Lord’s Resistance Army, saying they had brought peace in northern Uganda.
“Although the ceasefire agreement was signed on Saturday, would have made more meaning if it had been personally signed by President Yoweri Museveni and the LRA leader Joseph Kony.â€
Bamwenda urged the Government to establish a national truth and reconciliation commission to address the grievances of Ugandans.