{UAH} General Muntu`s issues a statement

Saturday, May 14, 2016 3:31PM 

PRESS STATEMENT

MUSEVENI REGIME BEGINS PURGE OF POLICE OFFICERS FEARED 

LOYAL TO OPPOSITION

Prosecutions intended to Send a message say Retired General Mugisha 

Muntu.

  

(Kampala, Uganda) Fearful of dissent within the ranks of the national 

police, the Museveni regime moved swiftly on Friday to arrest twenty 

police officers accused of facilitating the escape of interim President Kizza 

Besigye from illegal detention at his home. The officers are accused of 

allowing Besigye to travel to an unknown location for a swearing-in 

ceremony on Wednesday, May 11th.

Concerns about the loyalty of both the police and the army had already 

been running high in regime circles after members of both services voted 

overwhelmingly in favour of opposition candidates in February's national 

elections. With apparent evidence that some officers were now prepared 

to assist Besigye in acts that Museveni considers treasonous, it seems 

bolder action was necessary.

"I am quite surprised Museveni would move forward with these 

prosecutions," said retired senior military officer, and FDC democratic 

opposition leader General Mugisha Muntu. "It's a public acknowledgement 

of the depth of his problem in the security services. I guess he's reached 

the point where he's willing to lose face in order to send a message to 

others who may be thinking the same way."

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