The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party is open to political transition talks as one of the avenues to achieve a change of leadership in the country, the party President Patrick Oboi Amuriat has said.
Amuriat says that although FDC, which has for long been Uganda's largest opposition political party has repeatedly challenged President Museveni in the general election without success, they do not rule out the option of engaging in dialogue as one of the possible ways to cause a political change in the country.
Oboi was speaking at the sidelines of the party’s 2021 elections evaluation meeting held at Vienna Hotel in Masaka on Tuesday. He noted that their doors remain open for transition talks but on condition that they are well structured with a respectable guarantor, even capable of ensuring that the resolutions are fully implemented.
This comes after a section of leaders in the Democratic Party-DP entered a cooperation agreement with the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM government as one of the calculated ways of building unity among different political players in the country.
Amuriat says that FDC is currently conducting soul-searching with its leadership and grassroots members to identify the existing operational gaps to help in the reorganization of the party and reawaken its strength after a dismal performance in the last year's polls.
After their internal reorganization, Amurait says they also aspire to broaden talks with other change-seeking forces to agree on the best formulae for achieving their protracted desire for political change.
