Hi, readers. This post is the part of a series which I title the concept of Military Rule and it's relation with Government as a concept. This will be a detailed analysis of Military Rule paying specific attention to political intolerance and how it affects Military Rule.
Note:
I will be taking this analysis pratically from two regimes i.e from Milton Obete and Idi Amin’s regime respectively.
What is Military Rule?
A Dictatorial regime is one where absolute sovereignty (in relation to the rule of the Military) to an individual (the Military Head of State) or a small clique (like the Armed forces Ruling Council). It is popularly refered to as an autocratic regime and we also know that it repudiates democracy and it negates its principles.
What is Political Intolerance?
Political intolerance also refers to the distaste of political opposition by a leader i.e the leader hates opposition, any form of it and this is major occurrence in Military Rule.
HOW POLITICAL INTOLERANCE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DICTATORIAL REGIME OF OBETE
• It was because of his political intolerance that he introduced a constitution that abolished all federal power making himself the sole autocrat of Uganda.
• It was because of the attempt to secede of the bugandan kingdom that he sent Idi Amin ti forcefully take over the Bugandan Kingdom
• It was because of the aborted assassination plot of the Democratic party that he banned party politics.
HOW POLITICAL INTOLERANCE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DICTATORIAL NATURE OF IDI AMIN’S REGIME.
• He killed all those he thought could be a threat to him. He began by killing all soldiers who were loyal to Obete.
• In his bid to silence all political opposition he killed the Archbishop and the Chief Justice.
• He even sent all Indians out of Uganda believing that they were the source of their problem
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