{"id":55731,"date":"2023-09-20T11:07:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T11:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/im-ready-to-challenge-besigye-says-amuriat"},"modified":"2023-09-20T12:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T12:27:21","slug":"im-ready-to-challenge-besigye-says-amuriat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/im-ready-to-challenge-besigye-says-amuriat","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m ready to challenge Besigye, says Amuriat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A combative Patrick Amuriat Tuesday evening said he is \u201cprepared to challenge fellow opposition figure Dr Kizza Besigye in any way possible,\u201d hours after a rival faction resolved to oust him as president of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party.<\/p>\n

Early Tuesday, an extra-ordinary delegates conference called by national FDC chairman Wasswa Birigwa and attended by Besigye- agreed to suspend Amuriat, naming his deputy Erias Lukwago as his immediate replacement.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a lot of respect for our founding president (Besigye) but I am a man who cannot be a bootlicker of anyone,\u201d Amuriat remarked, adding that the \u201ccode that brought us together as FDC has been broken today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Downplaying the resolve of the Tuesday meeting at Katonga, Amuriat branded the gathering a \u201cbig joke.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing is going to happen. We know that the meeting in Katonga is a fallacy and a contempt of a court order issued on Monday,\u201d Amuriat noted.<\/p>\n

FDC president since 2017, Amuriat viewed that the delegates who attended the Katonga conference are not recognized members of the party.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey do not have powers to decide even if there was no court order against their conference. Those resolutions of the so-called delegates are a nullity, and our lawyers are working on a case against the individuals who were prominent in today\u2019s incident,\u201d he emphasized while appearing on the KFM Hot Seat<\/b>.<\/p>\n

FDC spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda September 19 announced that FDC secretary general Nandala Mafabi and several other elements of the Amuriat leadership were a subject of a National Executive Committee (NEC) probe following their suspension.<\/p>\n

But Amuriat claims that Tuesday events were a culmination of a long term written script intended to destroy the party, himself and Mafabi- over the issue of state funding.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf all people, I can excuse Ssemujju and Lukwago because they are fairly new in the party. But people like Francis Mwijukye, Harold Kaija and Besigye…no I really think they have shot themselves in the foot by trying to kill their own party,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Now, Amuriat has vowed to progress with a parallel gathering set for next month.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the capacity to regroup and move forward with or without Besigye…and I can assure you that we are going to move forward. We are now progressing with the preparation for the election of NEC on October 16, 2023,\u201d he highlighted.<\/p>\n

\u2018Terrible mistake\u2019<\/b><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Amuriat also slammed Birigwa for being \u201ca comedian\u201d after images showed the FDC chairman climbing over a wall amidst chaotic scenes at Katonga.<\/p>\n

\u201cI really wonder if this 75-year-old man will stop this comedy. I don\u2019t know what his upbringing taught him but I think it is his nature. The wall in Katonga will not be the last for him to climb,\u201d Amuriat lamented, going on to say:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a terrible mistake to trust him with the role of a national chairman.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Uganda. A combative Patrick Amuriat Tuesday evening said he is \u201cprepared to challenge fellow opposition figure Dr Kizza Besigye in any way possible,\u201d hours after a rival faction resolved to oust him as president of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party. 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