CMIWORKINGPAPER Turnaround: The National Resistance Movement and the Re-introduction of a Multiparty System in Uganda Sabiti Makara, Lise Rakner, Lars Svåsand WP 2007: 12 Turnaround: The National Resistance Movement and the Re-introduction of a Multiparty System in Uganda Sabiti Makara, Lise Rakner and Lars Svåsand WP 2007: 12 CMI Working Papers This series can be ordered from: Chr. Michelsen Institute P.O. Box 6033 Postterminalen, N-5892 Bergen, Norway Tel: + 47 55 57 40 00 Fax: + 47 55 57 41 66 E-mail:
[email protected] www.cmi.no Price: NOK 50 ISSN 0804-3639 ISBN 978-82-8062-219-8 This report is also available at: www.cmi.no/publications Indexing terms Political systems National resistance Elections Uganda Project title The 2006 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Uganda: Institutional and Legal Context Project number 24076 Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................ 1 THE MOVEMENT POLITICAL SYSTEM IN UGANDA .......................................................................... 1 THE DECISION TO RE-INTRODUCE THE MULTI PARTY SYSTEM.......................................................................... 2 WHY DID THE NRM ABANDON ITS MONOPOLY POSITION AND EXPOSE ITSELF TO COMPETITION? ............................................................................................................................................. 3 INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EXPLANATIONS FOR ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE ..................................................