Democratic Party (DP) has distanced itself from the “lies” perpetrated by its vice president Mukasa Mbidde that he reached a consensus with his boss Norbert Mao who allowed him to support Robert Kyagulanyi’s quest for Presidency.
The party publicist Okoler Opio Lo Amanu issued a statement bashing Mbidde as a liar and derailed, because it would be suicidal for a member to support any candidate when DP has a candidate.
Mr Opio says Mbidde’s actions come with a huge price he is likely to pay after going against the party constitution.
“The President of Democratic Party cannot endorse support for another party’s candidate when he himself is a presidential flagbearer in the general elections in the same manner Hon. Mbidde wouldn’t endorse support for Hon. Mpuuga by agreeing with some members of his team to support his rival.
That said, we strongly believe that no party member can in good conscience support a candidate from another party for any position when DP has a candidate,” the statement reads.
Members have to take responsibility for their decisions save where there’s collective responsibility based on a formal decision by a party organ.