Museveni the right to stand for re-election on an infinite basis. Tumukunde stated that this would be in direct contravention of the rights that they fought to establish and that he was not willing to take part in what he considered to be grossly unconstitutional behaviour. Predictably, this put him at loggerheads with the establishment and more so the president. Arrests and detentions Tumukunde was charged with the offences of ‘abuse of office’ and ‘spreading harmful propaganda’. The abuse of office charges were eventually dropped in a manner suggesting that they had been politically motivated in the first instance. What followed was, however, a surprise to many. Tumukunde was on 28 May 2005 forced to resign from Parliament and subsequently arrested on the orders of the president. His home was surrounded by at least 50 soldiers commanded by generals Kale Kayihura and Joshua Masaba who proceeded to arrest him. Tumukunde was then driven in a tightly guarded convoy to an officers' mess turned detention center, where he was incarcerated for nearly two years, during which time he had limited and tightly controlled contact with the outside world. His extrajudicial detention coupled with a series of controversial and uncertain court martial hearings seemed to backfire leading to irreversible pressure culminating in his release in 2007. His arrest followed his opposing views to the proposed "kisanja" project that suggested a revision to the Constitution of Uganda enabling one to serve an unlimited number of terms as president, removing the two-term maximum limit. On 18 April 2013, the UPDF General Court Martial sat to bring an end to the process that had lasted eight years and summed up its deliberations. The charge of spreading harmful propaganda was dropped while the joint charge of military misconduct was upheld and Tumukunde was subsequently sentenced to a severe reprimand. Post-presidential bid declaration arrest On 12 March 2020, less than two weeks after announcing his presidential bid, General Tumukunde was arrested at his office in Kampala on allegations of treason. On 19 November 2020, Tumukunde suspended his presidential campaign in response to the arrest of fellow opposition candidate Bobi Wine. Two days later, Tumukunde and Wine, along with fellow opposition presidential candidates Mugisha Muntu, Norbert Mao, and Patrick Amuriat Oboi, agreed to form an alliance together. Promotion and retirement On 1 September 2015, the Daily Monitor reported that Tumukunde had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant