The Ugandan President Museveni confirms the attempt to extend the almost 40 -year rule | Elections news

The 80 -year -old leader promises today’s economic growth in GDP from $ 66 billion to $ 500 billion over the next five years.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has confirmed that he would dispute the presidential election of next year, preparing the ground for a potential extension of his settlement of almost 40 years.

The 80-year-old announced late Saturday that he had expressed his interest “to present himself to … the post of presidential standard bearer” for his party of the National Resistance Movement (NRM).

Museveni took power in 1986 after a five -year civil war and ruled since.

The NRM modified the constitution twice to eliminate the boundaries in the long term and at age, paving the way to Museveni to prolong its mandate.

Rights defense groups have accused him of using the security forces and the patronage of the state to remove dissent and anchor his power – says he denies.

Museveni said he was looking for a re -election to transform Uganda into a “$ 500 billion economy over the next five years”. According to government data, the country’s current gross domestic product amounts to just under 66 billion dollars.

The Ugandans should vote in January to choose a president and deputies.

Challenge

The head of the opposition Bobi Wine, a star who has become a-politicalist whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, confirmed that he will run again. The wine rejected the 2021 results, alleging generalized fraud, falsification of the ballot and intimidation by the security forces.

Tensions have increased in recent months after Parliament has adopted a law Allow military courts to try civilians, a practice that the Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional in January.

The government insisted that change is necessary to combat national security threats, but rights organizations and opposition figures argued that it is a tool to intimidate and silence criticism.

Uganda, Uganda, used military courts to pursue opposition politicians and government critics.

In 2018, wine was charged to an illegal military court of firearms. The charges were then abandoned.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) criticized the Ugandan military courts not to meet international standards for judicial independence and equity.

Oryem Nyeno, a semi-African semi-African at HRW, This year said this year: “Ugandan authorities have used military courts for years have misused military courts to suppress adversaries and criticism.”