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KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a supreme court challenge on Monday seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party’s lawyer said.
FILE PHOTO: Ugandan opposition leader and singer Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine addresses a news conference in Kampala, Uganda January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Abubaker Lubowa
Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 election with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%.
“We want the poll cancelled and repeated,” said George Musisi, lawyer for Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP).
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a supreme court challenge seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his partyâs lawyer said.
Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 election with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%.
âWe want the poll cancelled and repeated,â said George Musisi, lawyer for Wineâs National Unity Platform (NUP).
Wine, 38, a pop star and lawmaker, rejected the results and said he believed his victory was stolen. Musisi said Wine was asking the court to overturn the results on several grounds including widespread use of violence.
Opposition Leader, Bobi Wine Challenges Uganda Election Results In Court
Wine, 38, a pop star and lawmaker, rejected the results and said he believed his victory was stolen.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Feb 01, 2021
Ugandan opposition leader, Bobi Wine, on Monday filed a Supreme Court challenge seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party’s lawyer has said.
Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the January 14 election with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%.
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“We want the poll cancelled and repeated,” said George Musisi, lawyer for Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP).
UPDATE 3-Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine challenges election result in court Reuters 2/1/2021
By Elias Biryabarema
KAMPALA, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a supreme court challenge on Monday seeking cancellation of the results of a presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party s lawyer said.
Museveni, a former guerrilla leader who has led the East African country since 1986, was declared winner of the Jan. 14 election with 59% of the vote, while Wine was given 35%. We want the poll cancelled and repeated, said George Musisi, lawyer for Wine s National Unity Platform (NUP).
Wine, 38, a pop star and lawmaker, rejected the results and said he believed his victory was stolen. Musisi said Wine was asking the court to overturn the results on several grounds including widespread use of violence.