Electoral Commission finally clears Gen Muntu ANT party

The Electoral Commission (EC) has cleared the establishment of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), a political party that was formed by former Army Commander, Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu.

In a press statement released on Tuesday by Ms Alice Alaso, the former Serere Woman Member of Parliament, the next phase will be to gazette the party names and symbols.  

 “I am happy to communicate that today, the 19th of March 2019, pursuant to our efforts over the past several months, the Electoral Commission has cleared the establishment of our political party, the Alliance for National Transformation,” Alaso’s Tuesday statement reads in part. 

She said that the next phase is gazetting of the same, which they expect to be done in the next “few weeks”.

“With this clearance, we are now in position to make arrangements for the official launch. The date, venue and time for the official launch will be communicated soon,” she said.

Last year, Maj Gen Muntu, the former president of the Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and other party members announced their exit from the party and promised to officially unveil a new party before December 25^th 2018.

However, they failed to beat the deadline due to delays by the EC to clear them. 

Mr Jotham Taremwa, the EC spokesperson says the promoters of ANT fulfilled all the requirements to register the political party and that the electoral body has approved its registration.  

He, however, said that according to the law, they are required to issue a notice in the Gazette of their intention to register the party.   

According to the law, the EC requires a person or a group intending to register a political party to get 50 signatures of eligible voters from at least three-thirds of all the districts in the country.

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