| 2. Serious Flaws in the Electoral process
We have noted with great concern the delay in the issuance of the cleaned, final voter’s register and yet we have only 4 days to polling day. Furthermore voters are being issued with cards using a national voter’s register which is not final.
Following to the National Bureau of Statistics, Uganda cannot have more than 8.9 citizens of voting age and yet you have quoted a figure of 11.06 million voters on the basis of which voter’s cards have been printed and are being issued out.
We have evidence that the Electoral Commission and/or its contracted suppliers have printed blank voters’ cards which can be easily abused. We also draw your attention to the very poor quality of voters’ cards that can be easily reproduced.
In certain parts of Uganda such as Kampala City, there are less polling stations currently gazetted than those in the June 2000 Referendum.
To date we have not received any explanation about the reported intrusion, activities and identity of the culprits who entered the data processing centre of the Electoral Commission.
Public officers as Army Officers, RDCs, DISOs, GISOs, who are supposed to be nonpartisan under the law continue to campaign for candidate Museveni.
In view of the above stated flaws, we demand that you convene a meeting of Presidential candidates (and not their representatives), not later than Friday March 9th, 2001 to resolve
these serious and very urgent issues.
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