The ruling political party, National Resistance Movement (NRM), on Wednesday boycotted the handover of the Inter Party Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) leadership from the Democratic Party (DP) to the main opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).
The handover was held at Fairway Hotel in Kampala where FDC received reports summarizing major events and decisions taken during the leadership of DP.
IPOD is a coalition of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), the Democratic Party (DP) Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC) and the Justice Forum (JEEMA).
FDC Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi takes over as Chairman of the Council while President Patrick Oboi Amuriat will head the Summit.
IPOD is a coalition of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), the Democratic Party (DP) Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Uganda Peoples’ Congress (UPC) and the Justice Forum (JEEMA).
According to the MOU, IPOD leadership rotates every after six months. The FDC therefore is currently both the chair of the IPOD Summit and IPOD Council. The Summit is composed of leaders of political parties and the Council is composed of the Secretary Generals and other four representatives. The Government and Opposition Whip are also members of the Council.
The FDC party will aim at pushing for the ratification of decisions that were made Munyonyo where IPOD Council deliberated on the management of public rallies. They were supposed to be ratified by the Summit.
