Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Electoral Commission (EC) chairperson Mr. Dan Mugarura has for the first time come out to defend his decision of breaking away from the powerful opposition party.
Mr. Magarura, is now among the founding members of the New Formation (ANT) led by Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu, a former FDC president who faced hostility during his five- year tenure at Najjanankumbi.
The resistance was generated by majority of the party members who subscribe to activism as a path of leadership change in the country.
The clique, is attached to the FDC founder and a four-time Presidential candidate, Col. Kizza Besigye.
Dan Mugarura who served as the electoral boss before, during Muntu’s term as president, has explained the trouble one faces when he/she chooses to differ with Besigye’s activism.
“You will be called a mole, you will be seen as an impediment,” he told this website after we interrogated him why he chose to quit the party he has served for over a decade.
Mugarura, denied quitting FDC but rather said, “it is called a shift. I didn’t quit.”
He clarified that, he joined Mugisha Muntu’s new formation because he believes in a gradual process of acquiring power through building capacity, not politics of the street and aggression.
“At this age, I shouldn’t be seen engaging security on streets. I should utilize this time to build structures and do enough mobilization by sensitizing the public about the shortfalls and bad governance of the current government,” he expounded.
Mugarura unlike Besigye’s wing believes opposition will not take power as soon as many believe, but, “it is a process. It might take years but once you have a strong ground, you will take power.”
Mugarura was once accused of rigging election for Muntu in 2012 when Nandala Mafabi lost in a fierce contest.
Mafabi is a top subscriber of radicalism.
“When you disagree with them, you are automatically called a mole,” Mugarura said.
He narrated the ordeal when government clamped down his businesses when he joined FDC but he had to sacrifice in a fight for good governance.
Mugarura deals in fuel.
He concluded that since the moles have left FDC, it is an opportunity for Besigye and his followers to organize their house and take power.
The Alliance for National Transition (ANT) to which Mugarura belongs to will be launched on May 22, 2019 at Serena Hotel in Kampala.
The launch has already been cleared by police something that sparked off public debate as to why police blocks other opposition engagements.