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Youth mobilise against 3rd term
By Dorothy Nakaweesi
Oct 6, 2003

KAMPALA - A youth group has asked President Museveni not to seek re-election. Cabinet is pushing for the amendment of the Constitution to remove the term limit on the presidency - a move that could, theoretically, allow Mr Museveni or any other incumbent to rule for life. The co-ordinator of the Popular Resistance Against Life Presidency (PRALP), Mr Muwanga Kivumbi, said at the weekend that Museveni should oppose the third term scheme. He said the late Idi Amin was an honest dictator who openly declared himself life president. Kivumbi met journalists at the Subway Chinese Restaurant in Kampala. PRALP is a new pressure group formed three weeks ago to oppose what some percieve as an attempt to create a life presidency. "He [Museveni] has done some good things and we respect his position but he must not seek for another term and stay in power till God decides his destiny," Kivumbi said. PRALP is a loose coalition of youth from the DP, UPC, NDA, and Reform Agenda. Kivumbi urged all people opposed to the third term to join them. "We will continue to resist the idea till he [Museveni] drops the third term," Kivumbi said.

© 2003 The Monitor Publications

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