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e-3207 (Foreign affairs)

E-petition
Initiated by LILLIANE NAMUKASA from Barrie, Ontario

Original language of petition: English

Petition to the Minister of Foreign Affairs

Whereas:
  • General elections were held in Uganda on January 14, 2021, to elect the President and the Parliament;
  • Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the country since 1986, won his sixth term amid election violence and allegations of fraud;
  • Since the election, abductions, kidnappings and killings have taken place;
  • There is extensive evidence of election tampering and pre-marked ballots for General Museveni and coercion of voters;
  • There has been a lack of voter privacy and illegal casting of votes before voters arrived at polling stations;
  • There has been a shutdown of all communications, including social media prior to the election;
  • The arrest of campaign staff, candidates and supporters has taken place;
  • Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, known as Bobi Wine and the leader of the People Power, Our Power and Opposition Leader to President Museveni, has been assaulted, attacked, hit by tear gas and hospitalized because of his injuries; and
  • The military occupied Mr. Kyagulanyi's home from January 15 to 26, 2021.
We, the undersigned, concerned citizens of Canada, call upon the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Government of Canada to:
1. Action and condemn the Military Government of Uganda;
2. Support the call for new elections to be held under international supervision as soon as possible; and
3. Use all the tools it has available to hold the worst human rights offenders in Uganda accountable for their actions, including, but not limited to, Magnitsky Act sanctions, to punish those involved in the acts of violence.
Open for signature
March 5, 2021, at 2:41 p.m. (EDT)
Closed for signature
May 4, 2021, at 2:41 p.m. (EDT)
Photo - John Brassard
Barrie—Innisfil
Conservative Caucus
Ontario