He said the three questions included the possibility of safely holding conventional elections of mass rallies and processions even in the absence of a vaccine or clear treatment for the virus. According to Museveni, the commission had also considered the possibility of postponing elections.
President Yoweri Museveni has supported the scientific
elections model and rallied Ugandans to do the same.
In his first public address after the release of
the revised electoral roadmap, Museveni said that the Electoral Commission presented three choices to choose from in as far as the
2021 election is concerned.
He said the
three questions included the possibility of safely holding conventional elections of mass
rallies and processions even in the absence of a vaccine or clear treatment for the virus. According to Museveni, the commission had also considered the possibility of postponing elections.
The third option was a hybrid that can be used to
hold elections on time but safely.
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When the Electoral Commission issued a revised roadmap
on Tuesday banning mass rallies in favour of candidates using the
media for campaigning, it generated immediate opposition from other political
players but the NRM.
They said either the Electoral Commission organizes a
normal election or the elections are postponed. Today, Kyaddondo East MP Robert
Kyagulanyi rejected the proposal saying together with his People Power
Movement, they are only going to participate in conventional elections.
Kyagulanyi wondered how the people of Malawi,
Burundi and United States of America, which is more affected by the pandemic are
having normal elections but Uganda without a single death is opting for scientific
elections.
“There was no coronavirus when our consultation
meetings were stopped. There was no coronavirus when Museveni personally
stopped all our shows so, we must all now be knowing that what Museveni fears
are the people, "Kyagulanyi said.
Kyagulanyi accused the president of hiding under the COVID-19 cover to block the opposition from interacting with the masses, in the absence of the Public Order Management Act.
"There is
nothing like a scientific election for us what we are going for is a real
election,” Kyagulanyi said.
