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UGANDA'S TRANSITION TO POLITICAL PLURALISM

EDM number 755 in 2004-05, proposed by Mike Hancock on 22/02/2005.

That this House welcomes the decision by President Museveni to lift the ban on political activities after 19 years; further welcomes the launch of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and the election of the exiled Dr Kizza Besigye as their national chairman and prospective presidential candidate in 2006; further welcomes the ongoing efforts by FDC to forge a wider coalition of opposition parties; believes that only a united opposition can provide a healthy and vibrant counterbalance; regrets the reported public flogging by Government soldiers of opposition MPs and the ongoing arrests and detention of FDC leaders and supporters; further regrets the plans by President Museveni to amend the constitution so that he can rule indefinitely; and now calls on Her Majesty's Government to redouble its bilateral and multilateral efforts with its EU partners to encourage the Ugandan authorities to co-operate with the opposition, to fund them, to create a level playing field, including the appointment of an independent Electoral Commission, and to allow the early and safe return from exile of Dr Besigye and other opposition leaders if the 2006 presidential and parliamentary elections are to be free and fair.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mike Hancock22/02/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratProposed
Andrew George22/02/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Kevin McNamara23/02/2005Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Albert Owen23/02/2005Ynys MLabourSigned
Martin Caton23/02/2005GowerLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/02/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley23/02/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis23/02/2005Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Paul Holmes23/02/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable24/02/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler24/02/2005North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Candy Atherton24/02/2005Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Win Griffiths24/02/2005BridgendLabourSigned
Paul Flynn24/02/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
John McDonnell24/02/2005Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Lynne Jones24/02/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Paul Marsden25/02/2005Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington25/02/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Tony Banks25/02/2005West HamLabourSigned
Tony Colman28/02/2005PutneyLabourSigned
David Borrow28/02/2005South RibbleLabourSigned
Simon Hughes01/03/2005North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones01/03/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake01/03/2005Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew01/03/2005StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Marsha Singh02/03/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin02/03/2005Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tony Clarke08/03/2005Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn09/03/2005Islington NorthLabourSigned
Diane Abbott09/03/2005Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
David Chaytor09/03/2005Bury NorthLabourSigned
Andy Reed10/03/2005LoughboroughLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alan Simpson14/03/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Valerie Davey14/03/2005Bristol WestLabourSigned
Angus Robertson24/03/2005MorayScottish National PartySigned
Parmjit Gill24/03/2005Leicester SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Iain Coleman04/04/2005Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Sue Doughty04/04/2005GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned

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