Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president, Patrick Oboi Amuriat has declared that Jack Sabiiti, who was nominated by the party electoral commission on September 21st to contest for the position of party chairman, will be announced as their new chairman for the next five years.
He says the declaration came as a result of Sabiiti being the sole nominee for the position, with no competing candidates ahead of the 6th October party delegates conference.
Amuriat stated that Ambassador Wasswa Birigwa picked the nomination forms but never returned them, while Jack Sabiiti was nominated alone, making him the unopposed new party chairman.
He said Ambassador Birigwa no longer holds a place in FDC and now he will have to wait for another five years to contest again.
Amuriat made the announcement yesterday while addressing FDC delegate members from the Rwenzori region at Paulina Memorial Gardens 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 scheduled for October 6.
Currently, the FDC party is divided into two factions, one based in Katonga, which elected Elias Lukwango as the interim party president during a delegate’s conference on September 19, replacing Amuriat.
However, the faction at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi maintains that Amuriat remains the legitimate party president and is challenging the legality of the Katonga conference due to a court order.
