The Director for Legal Affairs in the National Resistance Movement (NRM), Enoch Barata, has announced that the party’s tribunal will begin delivering rulings on various election petitions starting Tuesday.
The decisions will be communicated to the concerned parties via email.
Barata explained that all petitioners were granted a seven-day window within which to begin receiving their rulings.
He further noted that the tribunal chairperson, Lawyer Enoch Musiime, is aware of which rulings are ready for release today and which ones are still pending.
This announcement comes amidst increasing pressure from senior NRM leaders—including cabinet ministers and incumbent MPs—who appeared before the tribunal on Monday, urging it to dismiss the petitions filed against them.
They described the cases as baseless and a waste of time.
Of the 381 election petitions the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Elections Disputes Tribunal received from across the country following the party’s recently concluded parliamentary primary elections 21 are 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.
