Members of Political parties that form the Inter Party Cooperation have hit back at Michael Mabikke’s allegations that the IPC is a one man’s show.
Mabikke who is the President of the Social Democrats Parts, one of the four parties in the IPC told journalists yesterday that the since Dr. Kizza Besigye was elected as IPC flag bearer in the recently concluded Presidential elections, Besigye and his Forum for Demcoratic Change took over the IPC as if there are no other parties in the cooperation.
Michael Mabikke, President of SDP
Mabikke who is competing the Kampala Mayoral race as the flag bearer of IPCis has been complained that several IPC members including Besigye support his rival Erias Lukwako who is competing as an independent.
Mabikke says the IPC has no single plan or policy but runs of the decisions of Besigye and his Forum for Democratic Change, the major opposition party in Uganda.
But Asuman Basalirwa, the President of JEEMA, one of the parties in the IPC says Mabikke’s allegations are unfounded and unfortunate. He says all decisions in the IPC are reached at by consensus. Basalirwa says that the IPC decided all its member parties can take independent decisions on which IPC candidate to support since both Mabikke and Lukwago are members of IPC.
The Deputy Spokesperson of the FDC, Toterebuka Bamwenda says Mabikke’s assertions are not accurate since Mabikke last year served as the chairman of the IPC and participated in decisions.