MPs vow to block third term bid
Sep 19, 2003
MEMBERS of Parliament in the anti-third term lobby, dubbed the ‘malwa group’ have said their target is to block the lifting of the two term limit for the presidency and take centre in the management of the transition from the Movement system to pluralism
By Henry Mukasa
MEMBERS of Parliament in the anti-third term lobby, dubbed the ‘malwa group’ have said their target is to block the lifting of the two term limit for the presidency and take centre in the management of the transition from the Movement system to pluralism.
The group’s head of advocacy and spokesperson, Salaamu Musumba, (Bugabula South) said since the Government blocked the traditional political parties from holding rallies, the group would use its parliamentary privilege to mobilise Ugandans to oppose the ‘third term.’
“Our stand is that we don’t like to see anything that upsets the term limits. That’s our stand even to the Constitutional Review Commission,†Musumba said on Thursday at the parliamentary buildings.
Musumba, however, ruled out the possibility of the group transforming into a political party and compete for power in 2006.
She said their intention is limited to “saving the country from political manipulation and emergence of a dictator.â€
“The Movement revolution, we were told, was supposed to safeguard us so that we don’t get dictators,†Musumba said.
She said the Movement and the political parties have resorted to a game of Ping-Pong, which must be stopped, and a consensus reached at a national dialogue.
The group elected its executive on Tuesday, which is composed of staunch multipartyists and some Movementists.
MEMBERS of Parliament in the anti-third term lobby, dubbed the ‘malwa group’ have said their target is to block the lifting of the two term limit for the presidency and take centre in the management of the transition from the Movement system to pluralism.
The group’s head of advocacy and spokesperson, Salaamu Musumba, (Bugabula South) said since the Government blocked the traditional political parties from holding rallies, the group would use its parliamentary privilege to mobilise Ugandans to oppose the ‘third term.’
“Our stand is that we don’t like to see anything that upsets the term limits. That’s our stand even to the Constitutional Review Commission,†Musumba said on Thursday at the parliamentary buildings.
Musumba, however, ruled out the possibility of the group transforming into a political party and compete for power in 2006.
She said their intention is limited to “saving the country from political manipulation and emergence of a dictator.â€
“The Movement revolution, we were told, was supposed to safeguard us so that we don’t get dictators,†Musumba said.
She said the Movement and the political parties have resorted to a game of Ping-Pong, which must be stopped, and a consensus reached at a national dialogue.
The group elected its executive on Tuesday, which is composed of staunch multipartyists and some Movementists.