The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has set Wednesday May 13 as the date for the second phase of the party’s grass root elections.
The first phase was concluded last week and Michael Kabaziguruka, a member of the FDC Electoral Commission said the party conducted a successful election exercise in the Teso, Rwenzori and West Nile regions.
Speaking to journalists at the weekly press conference held every Monday, Mr. Kabaziguruka said that second phase exercise will cover over 100 districts in the regions of Busoga, Bunyoro, Toro, Kigezi, West Ankole, East Ankole, East Buganda, North Buganda, Central Buganda, South Buganda, Lango, Acholi, Bugisu, Sebei and Karamoja.
“We are building our party structures right from village, parish, sub-county, constituency and districts,” he said and added that the one-week exercise would end on May 20.
In Kampala, he said, the party elections will be held after the conclusion of the second phase.
He further claimed that unlike other party elections that were marred by irregularities the FDC party elections were fair and successful. “Our eternal processes are so fair, we do our work free of bias, we have no petitions from those areas,” he said.
It was also revealed at the conference that the National Council meeting will be held on May 25. FDC. Members of Parliament (MPS), district chairpersons on National Executive Committees will participate. “It will be held to set an agenda for the delegates’ conference to be held on June 11,” Mr. Kabaziguruka said adding that after the delegates conference, a date will be set when party members that want to run on the party ticket will be elected. “It is not automatic that our party president will automatically stand on the party ticket as our presidential candidate for 2016 elections,” he emphasized.
FDC president Major Gen Mugisha Muntu was elected as party president in November, 2012 and his term in office is expected to expire in 2017.
