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From: uga479
To: George Okurapa ; [log in to unmask]
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 9:38 AM
Subject: ***M7 SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO REACH 2006!!Referendum for July 2004
"No decision was taken on the demand for the roadmap, INSTEAD, the govt. sets july for referendum!!"
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Comdes,
Both youths (including political youths) and all the MPs were recently summoned purportedly in preparation for transition to multipartism.
I didn't beleive in this and said something which some people thought was irrelevant.
Museveni is not going to hand over power in a silver plate - he has said this many times, but as usual, everybody misses or dismisses the point.
Moreover, the UPDFarmy is personal to him.
Museveni says has said he came to parliament through the gun, and there is nothing short that that he understands and/or believes in.
Museveni is going to dance around with multipartist until he finally declares himself the winner again in this so-called referendum.
Like I kept on saying about the last referendum, I say it again - Museveni has already won with a majority vote - he is going to declare that "the people" have overwhelmingly chosen the NRM/NRA/M7 dictatorship as a form of governance. He knows/beleives we will/can do nothing to stop him from doing whatever he want - hence the escalating rate of massacres he is personally currently carrying out in the north.
Best regards,
Nyar'Onyango
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----- Original Message -----
From: George Okurapa
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Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 2:26 AM
Subject: Referendum for July 2004
From The Monitor, February 25, 2004
Govt sets July for referendum
By Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda
Feb 25, 2004
KAMPALA - The government will hold another referendum in July to decide which system of government the country should adopt in 2006.
The decision, however, is out of line with the position of the Constitutional Review Commission.
Chaired by Prof. Fredrick Ssempebwa, the CRC, among its recommendations, opposed a referendum on political parties.
According to the Constitution, a referendum on political systems can only be held in the fourth year of Parliament, which begins in July.
The Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Hajjat Janat Mukwaya, told Parliament yesterday that the referendum would be held irrespective of the findings of the CRC.
"The roadmap under Article 74 [of the Constitution] doesn't require that we wait for the Ssempebwa Commission report," Mukwaya said. "Come July, if we get money, we shall go ahead and hold a referendum irrespective of the recommendations."
The minister announced the decision while appearing before the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs committee.
She was in Parliament to defend the Referendum and Other Provisions Bill, 2003, under which a referendum on parties is supposed to be held.
The Bill was tabled in Parliament at the close of last year and referred to the Legal committee for scrutiny.
Mwenge South MP Dora Byamukama chairs the committee.
Without disclosing the content of the CRC report, Mukwaya admitted that there is only one commissioner, Mr Sam Owori, who recommended that a referendum be held on the system of government.
Owori and Ssempebwa filed separate minority reports.
In his minority report, Ssempebwa opposed the removal of the presidential term limits.
Owori opposed a referendum on term limits but recommended one for the change of the political system.
"I feel insulted if that is the attitude. Parliament has been taken for granted," Ms Byamukama said.
Mukwaya said that she delivered a copy of the report to Speaker Edward Ssekandi. She advised MPs who need to have a look at the copy to check with the Speaker's office.
She said copies would also be put in the MPs pigeonholes after March 1.
MPs Fred Ruhindi (Nakawa), Charles Byaruhanga and Miria Matembe demanded a clear position on the political roadmap.
Ruhindi said that there are three options on freeing parties: either by resolutions of district councils, parliamentary approval or by a referendum.
Mukwaya said that the "government has already decided" on a referendum.
This statement almost ran her into trouble.
Oyam South MP Ben Wacha reminded her that the 'government' does not decide but "recommends to Parliament".
"Yes, we have decided to recommend," Mukwaya said.
No decision was taken on the demand for the roadmap.
© 2004 The Monitor Publications
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