Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party officials have rescheduled their national delegates conference, which is set to elect the National Executive Committee leadership of the party, including the party president.
According to a circular released by the party’s electoral commission chairperson, Boniface Bamwenda Tuterebuka, the party delegates conference is scheduled for October 6 at the UMA showground in Kampala.
He says that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, elections for the party organs could not take place, adding that the national council in its 14th sitting held on October 8, 2020, extended the term of office bearers for a period of three years which expires on October 8.
He says the ongoing elections of the party being conducted at all levels shall culminate in a meeting of the delegates whose business will be to elect members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) as provided for in their constitution.
The party had initially planned to hold the National Delegates Conference meeting in November, however, the party president, Mr. Patrick Amuriat, told KFM in a phone interview that after the party realized that the National Council’s resolution to extend the term of office bearers, they had to bring the elections forward.
