Former FDC president Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu has Tuesday said the official launch of his new political establishment Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) is slated for 22nd May, 2019 at Serena International Conference Center.
Muntu explained that the launch delayed because he had hadn’t secured the registration certificate from the Electoral Commission which regulates all political parties in Uganda.
Muntu who broke ranks with FDC last year announced he would launch his new formation last December.
Speaking from Bukoto in Kampala, the former army commander 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.
Castigates Museveni
On the same conference, Muntu took time to denounce the regime’s extreme persecution unleashed on state opponents.
“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 added.
Muntu who is labelled as laid back politician expressed optimism that change in Uganda is inevitable just like it happened in other countries in the recent past.
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.”
