Daily Monitor Tuesday February 23 2021 Former presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi addresses a press conference at the NUP party offices in Kamwokya, Kampala, yesterday. Inset is Chief Justice Alphonse Owiny-Dollo. PHOTO/MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI. Summary The unique decision taken by the leader of the National Unity Platform party is the first of its kind in Uganda’s post-independence era. The petition had lasted 22 days in court of the stipulated 45. Advertisement He announced he was withdrawing his presidential petition challenging the re-election of President Museveni. He said instead he would seek redress in the “court of public opinion”, claiming Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo has since become “chief injustice.”