EARLY results released on Friday of a referendum in Uganda revealed that most voters do not want a return to multi-party democracy but prefer the country’s existing system that sidelines political parties. Between 70% and 90% of votes in 20 constituencies where counts have been released by the election commission were in favour of President Yoweri Museveni’s Movement system, which has been in place for 14 years. In theory every Ugandan is a member of the Movement and can stand for any public office but cannot do so under the banner of the three political parties that currently exist. These results account for about 10 percent of votes cast in Thursday’s referendum, where turnout ranged between 40% and 60%, depending on the constituency.