FDC’s Besigye Unleashes Mounting Evidence of 2016 Election Fraud
Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate in the just concluded February 18 elections has unleashed what he termed as “mounting evidence of 2016 #UgandaDecides election fraud” on social media.
Through his Twitter Handle @kizzabesigye1, he said that; “Today we present mounting evidence of 2016 #UgandaDecides election fraud in a 23-part tweet series @usmissionuganda @UKinUganda @EUeomUganda”
Below are the 23 tweets.
1- Convincing statistical evidence shows substantial election fraud occurred AND it changed the outcome of the 2016 #UgandaDecides election
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
2- Statistics is independent of opinions, beliefs or political alliances – 4 separate tests showed evidence of fraud pic.twitter.com/7K6aCH4kKP
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
3- Test1: When humans make up ‘random’ #s (eg entering false tallies), patterns emerge. Ppl tend to choose #s w/ higher digits #BenfordsLaw
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
4- Tallies have too many 4, 5, 6s, not enough 0s & 1s. This indicates human interference not expected in fair elxn pic.twitter.com/y3HWS4ZvCS
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
5- Test2: Patterns of the last digit in polling station tallies by district also tell a story – a uniform pattern of all digits is expected
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
6- A simple but powerful test showed 4x expected number of districts had “suspicious” patterns – EVIDENCE of fraud pic.twitter.com/5AZLtsMOkz
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
7- Test3: Election fingerprints create a picture of electoral fraud by examining voter turnout – a smeared fingerprint indicates fraud
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
8- Left fingerprint is typical fair election. Uganda 2016 voter turnout on the right – smear clearly indicates fraud pic.twitter.com/B0ARbTxASV
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
9- Test4: Statistics can also detect ‘incremental fraud’, like a vote counter shifting some votes for the opposition over to the incumbent
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
10- Applied to Uganda data, 3 mil votes are in question – enough to change election outcome https://t.co/rAr93KHTpg pic.twitter.com/CVCPsuCURO
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
11- These tests, together with other evidence – intimidation, teargas, violence, national ID registry – cast serious doubt on the election
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
12- By our calculations, we won the 2016 election by a minimum of 52% https://t.co/cRiLpk022f #UgandaDecides
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
13- In democracy, independence of judiciary, executive, parliament = critical. Judges + courts must act independently w/o influence of gov’t
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
14- We live under dictatorship: judges + courts serve at will of the state. History shows Supreme Court very reluctant to rule against #M7
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
15- Current legal framework and court process DOES NOT allow meaningful examination of the election https://t.co/eCSKHHX4GG #UgandaDecides
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
16- To nullify an elxn one must show fraud occurred AND changed elxn outcome #SubstantialityTest. But proof of fraud ALONE should be enough
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
17- In 2001/06 elxn petitions Supreme Court judges publically acknowledged extensive fraud but did NOT nullify elxn pic.twitter.com/X3rAEDtCT6
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
18- Our 2009 petition to Constitutional Court argued substantiality test = unconstitutional. Case was dismissed *DURING* 2016 elxn campaign!
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
19- In #UgandaDecides 2016, we were required to prove substantiality AND assemble all evidence from across country in 10 days after elxn!
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
20- Because I was detained for 47 days post-election, my constitutional right to petition the Court to contest the results was violated
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
21- Our people collecting evidence faced interference, violence & arrest: https://t.co/sOVm1xo3QN https://t.co/qIxyGryp1J @amnesty
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
22- We call for internationally observed, independent audit of 2016 #UgandaDecides election similar to those in Kosovo, Afghanistan & Haiti
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
23- If Mr #M7 legitimately & irrefutably won this election then why would he not support an audit? #UgandaDecides
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
23- If Mr #M7 legitimately & irrefutably won this election then why would he not support an audit? #UgandaDecides
— Kifefe Kizza-Besigye (@kizzabesigye1) May 10, 2016
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