[Published: Monday February 22 2016]
Museveni: We don't accept the logic of term limits
KAMAPALA, 22 Feb - (ANA) - Uganda's re-elected President Yoweri Museveni has told the BBC that "we don't accept the logic of term limits". The BBC's Zuhura Yunus talked to the president, who has been in power for 30 years, about whether leaders should be around forever. Mr Museveni said "the issue is not being there forever" adding that people are free to vote leaders out of power. "Africa's got a lot of problems," he added. "We need all the leadership resources to be available so that they can contribute". Meanwhile, Nigeria's former President Olusegun Obasanjo, who heads the Commonwealth election observer mission to Uganda, has called on all sides to "exercise restraint and avoid unnecessary confrontations" in the aftermath of the Ugandan election. In a statement, he also said that "restrictions on movement of, and accessibility to, all political leaders should be removed", but did not mention arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye by name. He added that failures in the electoral process "had a detrimental effect on the fairness and credibility of the elections", but emphasised that differences should be worked out through dialogue. (ANA)
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