The Democratic Party has joined the voices of Ugandans decrying the deployment of the UPDF in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying that parliament should be allowed to scrutinize the bilateral agreement between the two countries
The DP spokesperson Okoler Opio Lo Amanu told reporters that they are alive to the fact that although there is no legal requirement for the President to seek approval of parliament while deploying the army, in the present circumstances, it is courteous that parliament is briefed immediately after the deployment, no such a thing happened.
He said it is Ugandans, not the individuals that were held accountable, the “thieves” have never been held accountable and yet we know them.
He said as DP, they believe that while the intention projected by the government is good on the surface, the presence of the UPDF in the forests of Congo is beyond merely pursuing the ADF.
