Earlier today, Kyadondo East Member of Parliament and Presidential aspirant led a group of six People Power leaders that included Spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi, Asuman Basalirwa and their legal team to a meeting with the Electoral Commission that was attended by senior Police officers at the Electoral commission Headquarters on Jinja road.
The purpose of the meeting was for Bobi Wine to express his dissatisfaction with the fact that Police blocked his consultation meetings that were intended to gather people’s views about his 2021 Presidential bid.
They raised several concerns like Residential District Commissioners (RDCs) working with Police to intimidate hotel owners where they had booked to hold meetings from, coercing them into refusing to host them.
Another issue raised is the fact that Police deliberately refused to write back to them, and for that Police agreed that it will do better in that area so that the two institutions have a better working relationship.
The fact that Police had instructed them to meet not more that 100 people was also contested, as People Power argued a person who is aspiring to become President of 44 million people should not be restricted on the number of people they should consult.
After listening to their concerns and Police conceding to their unlawful actions, the Electoral Commission (EC) unanimously agreed that Bobi Wine should go ahead and hold his meetings because they are legal under the Presidential Elections ACT.
While speaking at a press conference after the meeting with EC, Bobi Wine said that they are going back to the drawing board to reschedule their meetings and “guarantees they will go on.”