FDC’s VIRGINIA PLAN TO APPEAL AGAINST ELIODA VICTORY, SUPPORTERS FUND RAISE

Monday 30^th July 2018

By Micheal Atwakiire  Bitunga

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In Sheema

Supporters of FDC candidate in the recently concluded Sheema municipality Parliamentary elections Ms. Virginia Plan Mugyenyi have asked their candidate to appeal in courts of law against Minister Elioda Tumwesigye’s Victory.

Ms. Virginia together with her supporters on Monday gathered at Sheema hall play ground in Kabwohe town Sheema municipality where the later asked her to appeal in courts of law  noting that they have enough evidence showing how Hon Elioda and his people rigged votes in various polling stations especially during night. They also contributed 500000 shs for their candidate to help her in process.

Ms Virginia lost to the minister of science and technology Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye in the hotly contested elections for Sheema Municipality Parliamentary race on 27^th July 2018.

Virginia said that being people’s leader, she can’t make any decision before consulting the people who voted her and she also stamped in it that the elections weren’t free and fair.
“I’m not like other leaders you know who decide for us, I couldn’t make any decision before consulting you people who voted me, the elections were un fair,” Virginia said.

She also emphasized that results indicated that she had won but results changed at night.

“All the day results showed that we were winners however the only night results showed that Mr Elioda was the winner,” she said.

“Even some electoral commission boxes reached at various polling stations like Kitojo, Kibutamo and others when they were already un sealed, when I went at the district to inquire from the district returning officer, she told me that the electoral commission is doing its job and the next step will be courts of law.
Even electoral commission rules say that nobody should reach at the polling station armed but the military and police men came with guns ,instead of protecting they intimidated people ” Virginia added.

Meanwhile, some agents and coordinators had started bringing out the evidence showing how the elections were rigged but the former Rwampara MP Hon Vincent Mujuni Kyamadiidi requested them to stop and asked them to go to FDC’s offices privately saying that they can be abducted or intimidated by the government.

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