Museveni will never do the right
thing, otherwise he would have already done so long time ago. He has had 30
whole years to do the right thing, and he never did so.........The focus of
all actions of the forces involved in the struggle is essentially about
DISMANTLING THE MUSEVENI REGIME, and preventing it from organising sham and
already rigged elections which will be WON BY MUSEVENI, even though the
REAL WINNERS ARE THE OPPOSITION.
The way forward from now going
forward is simple:
1.
NO SHAM AND ALREADY RIGGED ELECTIONS SHOULD NOT BE ORGANISED IN UGANDA.
2.
AND THE MAIN ORGANISER OF SUCH ELECTIONS HAS NO PLACE IN UGANDAN
POLITICAL LIFE, EVER & EVER AGAIN
3.
MEANING THAT THE PEOPLE's STRUGGLE IS ABOUT DISMANTLING THE REGIME, BY
EFFECTIVELY ORGANISING, MOBILISING AND EQUIPING THE MASSES WITH THE TOOLS TO
CAUSE IMMEDIATE CHANGE.
News coming in from the Democratic Alliance (TDA) indicate that the
earlier official decision not to front one flag-bearer is undergoing a
transformation of sorts, after one of the front-runners, Mr Amama Mbabazi went
back to the TDA offices and held a press conference, accompanied by a number of
political leaders who were part of the group that issued the earlier
declaration of – “NO ONE CANDIDATE HAS BEEN CHOSEN to lead TDA into the 2016
elections.“
It is very interesting that after TDA officially declared that, in line
with the established TDA rules, particularly that of unanimity in the process
of choosing a flag-bearer, there are now manoeuvrings within the same
organisation to reverse the final decision and instead declare one of the
candidates as the winner and, therefore, the sole candidate for the Alliance.
Having failed to come up with a joint candidate, TDA had agreed to
recognise the reality of the two prime actors, Besigye and Mbabazi standing
separately, one as an independent and the other as the FDC candidate.
Now, however, that position seems to have changed - WITH A COUP OF SORTS
BEING CARRIED OUT IN THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE.
See these news links –
But what is actually going on and what are the implications for the
Ugandan political dynamics in the coming months and years?
On the surface of it, it seems like this is political jockeying or ‘pure
politicking’ of the highest order, with two distinctive alliances now being
configured, i.e. Mbabazi with what is a collection of the remnants of what was
TDA, while Dr Besigye now falls back to his core support base of the FDC party.
By the look of things, therefore, the two - Besigye and Mbabazi are
still going their separate ways, although Mbabazi, realising that he has no
infrastructure to operate from, has decide to grab what remains of TDA and that
is how he is going to run his campaign.
The problem, of course, is that one of the two alliances seems to be
determined to go into the elections come what may, even without any reforms,
and with Museveni in the driving seat - something that they may regret later
when they are denied any win by Museveni, in his characteristically
anti-democratic manifestations and machinations.
WARNING ABOUT HARBOURING FALSE DREAMS:
One hopes that these fellow Ugandans fully understand the implications
of going into Museveni-organised elections without any political or electoral
reforms and with Museveni firmly glued on the driving wheel of the entire
electoral process.
It is not good enough for pro-democracy forces to ignore the vital
problem of ‘NO REFORMS’ and opt to just give it a try – even when past evidence
has shown that, even when the opposition win the elections, one man and his
family keep declaring themselves winners.
It is incumbent upon all who see themselves as progressive patriots to
realise and fully acknowledge HOW TERRIBLY DAMAGING SUCH A MUSEVENI SHAM WIN
WILL HAVE ON UGANDA AND UGANDANS GOING FORWARD.
Sooner or later Ugandans will
have to start asking the real motivations of such politicians, who seem to be
ready to accompany Museveni on his journey to another sham electoral win.
Ugandans are not that dumb not to realise that in any political landscape there
will always be some fake political actors, who profess to fight for freedom and
democracy, but in actual fact, are only as good as those who they say they are
fighting against.
The great hope is that none of our
comrades in today’s political opposition is ready and happy to hopelessly
accompany Mr Museveni in his anti-democratic and anti-people crusade, even when
they know the adverse and tragic consequences such defective machinations will
bring to the already suffering people of Uganda.
It will be a sad day for Uganda,
and a real shame for any well-meaning Ugandan to end up at Museveni’s victory
parade, congratulate the tyrant and dictator, even when the latter has once
again rigged his way to power through a sham election.
But Uganda being Uganda, it is
unwise to rule out the possibility of some opposition political elites saying
to themselves “…So what? It is all about me and not the so-called Uganda… I
will go ahead and make peace with Museveni. I will even go into negotiations
with him after elections to get some powerful post in a future Museveni
government.”
That, never-the-less, is a dream
too far - as THE 'MUSEVENI FAMILY' AND ‘MUHOOZI’ PROJECTS are real
and will always remain real, as far as Museveni is around and
active on the Ugandan political scene.
Museveni will never give up on
those projects, for, he has invested heavily in them and devoted a whole thirty
years building the founding blocks for their realisation.
Fortunately, Ugandan People in their majority
are aware of this absurd reality, and a People's Liberation Struggle has been
launched to make sure that Museveni does not succeed in his misguided vision of
a Uganda Forever-Ruled by the Museveni Family.
That is why Free Uganda (FU) and
Platform to Rescue Uganda (PRU) have committed themselves to working with
all progressive forces and individuals, who believe that Uganda must be rescued
from the Museveni dictatorship in ways that can succeed.
FU and PRU do not believe in merely taking
risks with the hope that Museveni will somehow do the right thing.
Museveni will never do the right thing,
otherwise he would have already done so long time ago. He has had 30 whole
years to do the right thing, and he never did so. What has changed now for some
political elites to believe that Museveni will allow a peaceful transfer of
power from the Museveni family to anyone else? Nothing.
It is sobering to still hear some powerful
voices, to still encounter words that seem to tally with what Free Uganda and
PRU are saying.
What needs to happen now is for
all well-meaning Ugandan politicians not to merely pledge not to go into
Museveni organised elections without reforms, but to go a step further - and
declare a People's Struggle for Uganda without Museveni - meaning that the focus of all actions of the
forces involved in the struggle is essentially about DISMANTLING THE MUSEVENI
REGIME, and preventing it from organising sham and already rigged elections
which will be WON BY MUSEVENI, even though the REAL WINNERS ARE THE
OPPOSITION.
The way forward from now going forward is simple:
1.
NO SHAM AND ALREADY RIGGED ELECTIONS SHOULD NOT BE ORGANISED IN UGANDA, EVER
AND EVER AGAIN
2.
AND THE MAIN ORGANISER OF SUCH ELECTIONS HAS NO PLACE IN UGANDAN
POLITICAL LIFE.
3.
MEANING THAT THE PEOPLE's STRUGGLE IS ABOUT DISMANTLING THE REGIME, BY
EFFECTIVELY ORGANISING, MOBILISING AND EQUIPING THE MASSES WITH THE TOOLS TO
CAUSE IMMEDIATE CHANGE.
Once Museveni is gone from the
scene, Ugandans will have to sit down in a national dialogue, and a transition
authority will be empowered by the people to shape a new
nation where the People can then chose the leaders of their
choice in free and fair elections.
For now, though, the focus must be on dismantling the Museveni regime -
all else will follow in a logical manner.
