The Shadow Cabinet has on Tuesday November 28th 2023 resolved to continue with the Opposition boycott of Parliament sittings until when the government is ready to comprehensively respond to the Opposition demands on safeguarding human rights in the country.
The cabinet chaired by the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament (LOP) Mathias Mpuuga also urged Opposition MPs to continue attending Parliamentary Committee meetings and defy an chairpersons who attempt to chase them out of the Committees.
Mpuuga also cautioned political party leaders against issuing directives to their respective MPs that are intended to undermine the Opposition cause.
“I chaired Cabinet meeting this morning in which we agreed to carry-on with Plenary settings boycott. We also restated our earlier stand that our MPs will continue performing their oversight roles & participate in the various parliamentary activities since there’s no one under the law that can stop a Member of Parliament from exercising their mandate.” Mpuuga said.
“Mpuuga said that the danger in such moves is the possibility of causing internal rifts.
“Our Members should continue to attend Committee meetings and my advisory to the Chairpersons of the Committees is that, they should desist from appearing to be enforcing what is unenforceable.” Mpuuga noted.
“They need not act in total disregard of the law and common sense. Our MPs defy any chairperson who attempts to chase them from Committee meetings.” He added.
This follows a directive by FDC and DP to its members to end the boycott and return to the House.
The DP whip, Peter Okot informed the Shadow Cabinet that the DP caucus is already in disagreement with the majority of its members opting to move against the guidance from the DP headquarters.
