Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President, Patrick Oboi Amuriat, has announced that Mr. Jack Sabiiti will be the new FDC party chairman for the next five years. The party’s electoral commission nominated Sabiiti for the chairman’s position on September 21, and he had no competition ahead of the party delegates’ conference on October 6.
Amuriat explained that Ambassador Wasswa Birigwa picked up the nomination forms but did not return them, leaving Jack Sabiiti as the sole nominee and the uncontested candidate for the position. Amuriat also noted that Ambassador Birigwa would have to wait for another five years to contest again.
Amuriat made this announcement on Tuesday while speaking to FDC delegate members from the Rwenzori region in Rwimi town council, Bunyangabu district. He was seeking their support for his re-election as the party president at the forthcoming FDC delegates’ conference on October 6.
Currently, the FDC party is divided into two factions. One faction, based in Katonga, elected Mr. Elias Lukwago as the interim party president during a delegates’ conference on September 19, replacing Amuriat.
However, the faction at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi believes that Amuriat is still the legitimate party president and is challenging the legality of the Katonga conference due to a court order.
The Najjanankumbi faction has scheduled a delegates’ conference for October 6th to elect new leaders for the National Executive Committee (NEC).
Amuriat assured that they had already compiled a list of legitimate delegates for the conference and questioned the authenticity of those who attended the Katonga conference.
