UGANDA'S MULTI-PARTY ELECTIONS UNDER ONE-PARTY RULES (EDM1964)

UGANDA'S MULTI-PARTY ELECTIONS UNDER ONE-PARTY RULES

EDM number 1964 in 2005-06, proposed by Jeremy Hunt on 18/04/2006.

That this House notes with concern that the recent multi-party presidential and parliamentary elections in Uganda were conducted under structures shaped by one-party laws; regrets that Ugandan authorities have already allocated 10 parliamentary seats to army officers who will sit and vote in the new parliament although the constitution bars the military from participating in politics; further regrets that the main opposition leader, Dr Kizza Besigye, had to spend four weeks in prison during the campaign; congratulates Dr Besigye for overcoming these obstacles to win 37 per cent. of the votes; further congratulates him on his decision to take his election grievances to the Supreme Court rather than taking up arms as President Museveni did in 1980; believes that Dr Besigye and his FDC party are making significant contributions to the promotion of democracy and peace in Uganda; and calls upon the British Government to work with allies in the European Union to persuade the Ugandan authorities to reciprocate by respecting the Constitutional Court ruling that Dr Besigye's trial in the general court martial is illegal.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jeremy Hunt	18/04/2006	South West Surrey	Conservative	Proposed
Gary Streeter	18/04/2006	South West Devon	Conservative	Seconded
Michael Penning	18/04/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	19/04/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Nigel Evans	19/04/2006	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Seconded
Ann Cryer	19/04/2006	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Derek Conway	19/04/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	19/04/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/04/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/04/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	19/04/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	20/04/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	20/04/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	20/04/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	20/04/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	20/04/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	24/04/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Greg Hands	24/04/2006	Hammersmith and Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	24/04/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Rob Marris	24/04/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	24/04/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	24/04/2006	North Down	UUP	Signed
Bob Spink	24/04/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	25/04/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Graham Stringer	25/04/2006	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	26/04/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
James Duddridge	26/04/2006	Rochford and Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	26/04/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	27/04/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	03/05/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed

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