 His candidature is backed by The Democratic Alliance (TDA), a loose convergence of minor political parties working to win the position of presidency.In the 2016 general election he received 1.39% of the vote, placing third.Mbabazi has represented Uganda in international fora, including the United Nations Security Council, where he argued for the international community to allow the Uganda People's Defense Force to pursue the Lord's Resistance Army fighters into the Democratic Republic of the Congo.