Editorial
Of the 381 election petitions the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Elections Disputes Tribunal has received from across the country following the party’s recently concluded parliamentary primary elections 21 are from Acholi sub region.
The NRM has released a cause list for the first batch of petitions arising from the party’s parliamentary primary elections, with 56 cases set for hearing on Tuesday.
Out of the 21 petitions received from Acholi sub region, two are from Pader, three from Nwoya, six from Agago, two from Gulu district, one from Lamwo, four from Amuru, two from Omoro and one from Gulu city.
Only two incumbents who lost the elections did not petition the party including Laker Sharon Balmoi, the Gulu Woman MP and Okullu Anthony Jalon Abuka the incumbent Lamwo County MP.
Out of the 21 petitions in the region; the party tribunal has set seven petitions for hearing on Wednesday, seven on Thursday, two on Aug. 1st and five on Aug. 2nd.
To manage logistics, each party is advised to limit attendance to no more than five persons due to limited space and parking at the hearing venue.
While 56 cases are scheduled for Tuesday, an equal number will be heard daily thereafter from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Chairman of the NRM Party, appointed Lawyer Musiime and 28 other lawyers on July 17 to oversee the hearing of election complaints.
He explained that Dr. Tanga Odoi, Chairperson of the NRM Electoral Commission, who organized the elections, cannot also preside over complaints about the conduct of those elections.
President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Party Chairman appointed Lawyer Musiime and 28 other lawyers to oversee the hearing of election complaints.
