{UAH} FDC's Otto blasts Besigye, Muntu, wants them out

FDC's Otto blasts Besigye, Muntu, wants them out

Odonga Otto, the Aruu MP, has in a strongly critical Facebook post, accused senior leaders of his party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), of losing direction.

In the post written on March 3, Otto suggested that Dr Kizza Besigye, the former FDC president, and Maj Gen MugishaMuntu, his successor, have messed up the party.

He said the two leaders and President Museveni are close to their "death beds" and therefore need to step away from the political scene and allow a new generation of youthful leaders to steer the country forward.

"Ugandan youth should not be duped. The struggle is now generational. Ugandans below 50 years should reclaim back our country and put it right from these people close to their death beds. MESEVENI, BESIGYE, MUNTU ET AL must give the poor deprived Ugandans a break. Enough is enough," Otto wrote.

Interviewed for more clarification, Otto told The Observer on Saturday that he had written the post in good faith. He said the post is his contribution to the advancement of democracy and good leadership.

"I wrote it because I mean well for this country," Otto said briefly, promising to get back to us after the conclusion of a clan meeting he was attending.

Otto claimed that the tension between Besigye and Muntu supporters is the biggest undoing for the party and cost the party seats in the recent East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) elections.

FDC candidates; Florence Ibi Ekwau and Ingrid Turinawe were rejected by the NRM-dominated parliament on February 28. Some people have blamed disorganization and splits amongst the party's top leaders for the duo's poor showing in the Eala elections.

Otto wrote that he cannot rule out the possibility of NRM government working with either leader to divide or weaken FDC.

He queried: "Is it a coincidence that Muntu withdrew Ingrid [Turinawe] from [the] Eala polls?"

DEFIANCE CAMPAIGN

Otto said the defiance campaign, initiatedand led by Besigye after the 2016 elections, lost purpose and cannot work.

"Defiance in politics has a time frame and a lifespan. It cannot go on forever. It has to be with short-term and medium-term objectives, in any case not more than six months. The objective can include, but not limited to, coalition government, civil unrest leading to negotiations, complete overthrow of government…" he noted.

Otto said there is no way FDC could have won the 2016 elections because the party failed to raise enough agents to monitor all polling stations.

Otto is the second senior FDC leader in three months to cast doubt on the party's claims of victory in the 2016 elections. In an interview with The New Vision in January, Abdu Katuntu, the Bugweri MP, said even if there were incidences of malpractices, NRM had won the election.

Responding to Otto's claims, a senior party leader who requested anonymity, said the Aruu county MP's comments about FDC are not surprising.

"Otto lost credibility long time ago. I do not know why even you people of the media are giving him publicity," the official said.

http://www.observer.ug/…/51653-fdc-s-otto-blasts-besigye-mu…

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