The People’s Government has set February as the month of submitting a petition to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against president Museveni.
The petition accuses president Museveni and his government of alleged human rights abuse and violations among others.
Addressing the media on Wednesday, the Vice President of the People’s Government, Erias Lukwago explained their stand on the matter noting that they will be ready by the end of this month.
Lukwago said that they are still collecting signatures from Ugandans to support their petition.
“Things which are on the ground, is collecting the signatures and also trying to put together the evidence. We have faced a lot of harassment and frustration from the security agencies,” he said.
He also said the pressure group will be holding sensitisation across the country to educate the masses about the task ahead of them.
He told the media that 80 lawyers will be dispersed across the country to educate the people about their fundamental rights as citizens.
“To organise regional assemblies or meetings to get Ugandans understand what is going on in this struggle specifically the petition we are filing,” he said.
He said they are working around the clock to ensure that that the exercise of piecing together the evidence and additional signatures is complete by the end of this month.
On the issue of banning private meetings in homes as was communicated by the police, Lukwago said the Public Order Management Act doesn’t confer any powers to prohibit rather regulate public gatherings which have nothing to do with private homes.
“This directive about people’s home, we are going to have these meetings both in public and our private places, even our own homes; now, let’s see how Mr Enanga, Mr Ochola or Muzeyi Sabiti will be invading homes and teargassing them,” he said.
The mission in starting the petition against President Museveni was to fulfil Article 3 of the constitution of the Republic of Uganda and to prosecute the head of state and his implicated officials on crimes against humanity.