British monarch Queen Elizabeth II says she wants her son Prince Charles to replace her as the head of the Commonwealth.
She was speaking at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) with Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni in attendance.
She said it was her “sincere wish” that the Commonwealth would continue to “offer stability and continuity to future generations, and will decide that one day the Prince of Wales should carry on the important work started by my father in 1949”.
There is reportedly no general consensus over the Prince of Wales as the next Head of the Commonwealth, with Uganda yet to reveal its stand on a successor to the Queen.
A decision on whether Prince Charles will succeed her as head of the Commonwealth is expected from the heads of state on Friday.
Meanwhile, President Yoweri Museveni’s Senior Press Secretary Don Wanyama has condemned what he called a colonial mentality by the British Politician and the efforts to always try to meddle in African affairs.
This was after Members of the British Parliament called on their government to utilize the meeting to call out African leaders on a number of issues pertaining good governance.
One of the MPs, Dr. Paul Williams (MP Stockton South) took to the floor to demand, “Will the government use CHOGM to give a message to Uganda’s President Museveni that after 32 years in power he’s become a barrier to his country’s development and that good governance includes leaving office?”
“The UK MP still possesses a colonial mentality where he thinks the western metropolis should determine what happens in Africa,” Mr. Wanyama said in reponse, adding; “Mr Paul Williams show Ugandans some respect. We know what’s best for us. Have you stopped to ask how long the queen has been on the throne?”
