The leader of the latest opposition political party -Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), Gen. Mugisha Muntu has blasted President Museveni’s government for the continuous harassment of opposition leaders as well as the disruption of their mobilization campaigns by police and other state actors including the army.
Speaking at Bukoto in Kampala, Gen Muntu, said the state is using security agencies especially the police to brutalise and curtail political activities of the opposition in the country that is expected to hold general elections in 2021.
Muntu said FDC strongman Dr Kizza Besigye has of recent been blocked from being hosted on various radio stations in Jinja, Kabaale and Mubende, with the police breaking into 106 Mubende FM Radio studios to stop the former presidential aspirant from addressing Ugandans on the current political tensions and impunity in Uganda.
“Many times, they have ordered radio stations to shut down whenever Dr. Besigye is hosted. They have, again in a cruel manner, gone ahead to disperse members of the public who gather to listen to opposition leaders,” He said during the press briefing in Kampala.
“Police has fabricated cases against the leader of People Power, Robert Kyagulanyi until yesterday when they remanded him to Luzira. I call them fabricated because never have they ever prosecuted these cases to their logical conclusion. They only use such cases to waste people’s time only to drop them without a convincing explanation.” He said.
Muntu said change is inevitable and that it will happen just like it was in Sudan, Libya and other African countries. He urged the security agencies and those in power to consider working in a manner that will guarantee stability in the country when they eventually leave; which is soon.
“I agree with a person who said that ‘peace is not merely absence of war’. Peace which is not anchored on justice is simply a mockery. The regime must realize that very soon they will be out of power and therefore, must treat others the same way they would wish to be treated when out of power.”
Meanwhile, Muntu said the official launch of ANT will take place on 22nd May, 2019 at Serena International Conference Center they secured registration certificate form electoral commission.
He applauded the party’s promoters and coordinators who helped collect signatures and withstood intimidation during the verification process so that the party could be registered.
