Kampala – The Forum for Democratic Change-(FDC) Extra Ordinary Delegates Conference sitting in Kampala has suspended the party President Eng Patrick Oboi Amuriat and appointed the City Lord Mayor and party Vice President in charge of Buganda Erias Lukwago as the Interim President.
The conference also suspended the party Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi and the Treasurer Geoffrey Ekanya. FDC party Spokesperson Ibrahim Semujju Nganda communicated the resolution of the delegate’s conference from the ‘People’s Government’ offices at Katonga in Kampala.
He says Lukwago now takes over as the Party President, Harold Kaija as the Secretary-General and Francis Mwijukye as the Treasurer. These have been deputies to the suspended officials. The interim officials will serve for six months as the party works out a solution to their challenges.
Lukwago says that high on his agenda as he assumes office is to fight the Delegates Conference that was called by the party’s Electoral Commission.
The party president and the Secretary General, however, declined the proposal arguing that they wouldn’t suspend a party activity passed by the National Executive Committee-NEC and the Council. The elections, highly rejected were said to have taken place in different parts of the country.
And by 28 July when FDC held its Special National Council, it was heard that several places had chosen their leaders from the village level. Kikonyogo said that the National Council resolved that the areas that had not elected their leaders to work with the electoral commission to organise elections there.
He dismissed Birigwa’s statement that he had received petitions against the election by arguing that election petitions should be addressed to the party Electoral Commission and the elections tribunal for appeal and not the office of the National Chairman.
Source:URN
