Besigye calls upon the military to "disable" the regime as opposition launches "Tubalemese" campaign
Dr Kizza Besigye today called upon members in security and military services to do whatever they can to disable the regime.
Addressing journalists at his office at Katonga Road, Besigye flanked by prominent members of the opposition said the original struggle was "for the soldiers" and therefore they have a duty to disable the current regime.
"The people in security suffer more than anybody else. They work for 24 hours. they earn nothing. In the military they give them 300,000. They cut off a large part for Wazzalendo (UPDF Sacco) which they steal. Soldiers have nothing. This liberation is for soldiers. Soldiers should do what they can to disable what is going. It is legitimate to disable a regime of the type we have in Uganda," Besigye said.
Besigye announced a raft of measures that he said would bring the regime to its knees, saying the NRM was at its weakest. The presser is a reaction to the signing of the age-limit bill into law by President Museveni late last year.
The Act removed presidential age-limits and extended the tenure of elected local leaders from five to seven years.
He called for the boycott of all businesses and corporate entities that support the regime.
"We will continue a campaign of isolation and rejection of those who have betrayed us. The economic boycott will be widened. If you are supporting the military junta as a business person as a corporate body, you will be risking the wrath of the people of Uganda," he said.
Besigye announced the formation of a parallel national assembly that he said shall represent the genuine views of the people.
"We shall be launching a national assembly for our country. The national assembly will especially include representatives from the 317 constituencies that were betrayed by their supposed representatives. We shall have real people's representatives. The 317 will be trashed. The people have already done so," Besigye said.
Besigye was flanked by Patrick Amuriat, the FDC president, Erias Lukwago, the Kampala Lord Mayor and MPs Mubarak Munyagwa, Allan Ssewanyana and Ken Lukyamuzi, the Conservative Party president.
