Justice Simon Byabakama, the chairman of the Electoral Commission has challenged former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi not to mislead Ugandans by parading results which he failed to table before the Supreme Court.
His comments come a day after Kyagulanyi called for peaceful demonstrations to oppose the results released by the Electoral Commission, Declaring Yoweri Museveni, and a candidate of the National Resistance Movement, as the winner of the January 14, presidential election.
Kyagulanyi
also announced that he had won the election with 54.19 per cent of the total
votes cast.
But Justice Byabakama questioned why Kyagulanyi failed to present the same
result forms before the Supreme Court early enough yet the documents were
allegedly held by his agent immediately after the closure of polls at every
polling station.
Justice Byabakama who talked to journalists shortly after an interface with the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee of Parliament yesterday cautioned Kyagulanyi against inciting the Ugandans after the withdrawal of a petition which had earlier been filed to challenge the outcome of the polls. Justice Byabakama speaking1……
Justice Byabakama who wondered what the public opinion court composition is like added that the right place for Kyagulanyi to present the Declaration forms was in the Supreme Court, as evidence that would allow the court to determine the veracity of the claims that results declared by the EC were not a representative of what transpired at polling stations in the country. Justice Byabakama speaking2…..
Byabakama wondered whether it was only Kyagulanyi in custody of the said DR forms for him to attribute their late presentation before the court on his restricted movement by security agencies after the polls. END
