OFWONO WRONG ON TERM LIMITS
I would like to respond to Ofwono Opondo’s article
which appeared in the New Vision of
Wednesday, May 16, 2012, ‘NRM will not be derailed’.
The restoration of Presidential Term Limits debate is a
general call from Ugandans from all walks of life; Civil society, Clergy,
Politicians, Professionals, Academia, Businessmen, Youth, etc including the
Parliamentarians who are now at the forefront of this drive. These Mps who
include Hon.Gerald Karuhanga are advocating for the restoration of term limits
in their own capacity as citizens of Uganda as well as peoples representatives.
So Ofwono’s assertion that Hon.Karuhanga,in his effort to introduce this debate in parliament
is snatching ‘the silver ware from Bishop Zac Niringiye ‘is not only wrong but misleading ;typical of NRM spin doctors trying divert the debate
and create the impression that the
advocates for the term limits are divided.Hon Karuhanga and the Bishop Niringiye
among others work as a team under the umbrella; Citizen’s Coalition for the Restoration
of Term limits.
The debate has a lot of support from Mps of all
political persuasions including the NRM,.This is the more reason the Party leadership
refused to include the item on its agenda during the recent NEC meeting despite
the several calls from its members! They later came out to announce that NRM
has already an agreed position on this, without any debate and agreement from
its members! Is this NRM party’s decision or an individual's? It
is very clear that even the ‘old’ NRM Mps who supported the removal of term
limits have long realized their mistake and are ready to correct it by
reinstating them.Besides,the the composition of NRM caucus is
completely different from that of the 7th Parliament in 2005.
Ofwono also knows that during the last NRM's retreat,many MPs supported Kintu Musoke's proposal to restore the term limits.
Miriam Kyomugasho
Centre for Consititutional Governance
As it appeared in the NEW VISION Tuesday May 22,2012;pg 13.
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