He has since been put to account by the general public to honour his word and resign after the party raised only nine Members of Parliament. But the party Spokesperson, Enock Opio Okoler told the media at the party headquarters in Kampala today, that Mao cannot resign on the basis of an electoral process that was marred with a lot of irregularities and was never free and fair as he had envisaged.
The Democratic Party -DP has said that their President General, Norbert Mao won’t resign from his position despite failure to
raise 15 Members of Parliament (MPs) in the recently concluded elections, as he
had promised.
In an address last year while
commenting on the considerable defection of party members to the National Unity
Platform (NUP), Mao noted that the party still had strong and able members who
would favourably compete in the general election. He added that he would resign, in case the party under
his leadership failed to raise more than 15 MP's to the 11th
Parliament.
He has since been put to account by the general public to honour his word and resign after the party raised only nine Members of Parliament. But the party Spokesperson, Enock Opio Okoler told the media at the party headquarters in Kampala today, that Mao cannot resign on the basis of an electoral process that was marred with a lot of irregularities and was never free
and fair as he had envisaged.
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Okoler adds that basing on the number of irregularities in the electoral process, the party rejects the election results and insists that there is
need to the public to redeem its victory.
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Okoler noted that it would not be proper for Mao to resign
given the tremendous achievements that the party has secured under his
leadership that has so far lasted for more than two terms.
Billy Segawa
Freelancer