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Uganda's Opposition, International Observers Continue to Question Election
Results

Salem Solomon

   WASHINGTON / UGANDA - The fallout from this month's hotly contested
   Uganda election is shaking the nation and drawing international rebuke.

   The national electoral commission declared President Yoweri Museveni
   the winner of a sixth term with 58% of the vote. But Robert Kyagulanyi,
   a politician, singer and the main opposition candidate -- commonly
   known by his stage name, Bobi Wine -- said the vote was corrupted by
   harassment of his supporters and ballot box stuffing. Several
   opposition candidates agree with Wine and are calling for national
   defiance of Museveni's government.

   Wine was put under de facto house arrest for 12 days after the election
   but still marshaled international support. Human rights groups and
   foreign governments -- including the United States -- slammed the
   government for shutting down the internet during the election and
   banning outside voting observers.

   'There will be consequences'

   U.S. Senator [1]Bob Menendez of New Jersey said he planned to work with
   the administration of President Joe Biden to respond to hold Uganda
   accountable for irregularities.

   "There will be consequences for those that repeatedly engage in the
   willful subversion of democracy," he said.

   Pat Thaker, an analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, the research
   and analysis division of British media firm Economist Group, said
   Museveni's government went to great lengths to silence the opposition.
   Thaker believes that is evidence that the government sees Wine as a
   serious threat to Museveni's rule.

   "In fact, you could say [Wine] turned the lopsided political
   environment on its head and he's actually started something that cannot
   be reversed," Thaker said in an interview with VOA. "He's opened
   Pandora's box."

References

   1. https://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/ranking/release/senator-menendez-statement-on-ugandas-elections-

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