July 1 (EUROPA PRESS) –
A Ugandan court has granted this Friday the release on bail of former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye, arrested after his latest calls for demonstrations to protest the increase in the cost of living in the African country.
Judge Douglas Singiza has imposed the payment of 2.5 million Ugandan shillings (about 640 euros) to Besigye and the opposition Samuel Lubega Mukaaku, whom he has also ordered not to comment publicly on the case until the end of the investigations. views.
The two activists were arrested on June 15 in the capital, Kampala, during an act to demand mobilizations against the president, Yoweri Museveni, due to his inaction to address the increase in prices, according to the newspaper ‘Daily Monitor’.
In October 2021, the authorities dropped the charges of treason against Besigye for his decision to proclaim himself president after the elections held in 2016. The opponent, who came second in the elections, denounced that the results were rigged through bribes to the voters, the interference of the security forces and the lack of transparency and impartiality of the electoral body.
Besigye, who was already charged with treason in 2005 -charges that were also dropped-, chose not to go to the polls in January 2021, where the opposition leader, Robert Kyagulanyi, also claimed to have won the victory and denounced fraud. to favor Museveni, who rejects the criticism and remains in office.
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