60 DAYS ULTIMATUM IS AIMED AT DEREGISTERING THE PF – MWAMBA
By Fox Reporter
THE 60 days ultimatum given to all opposition political parties to hold conventions is aimed at deregistering the main opposition party the PF.
Party information chairperson Emmanuel Mwamba has disclosed the scheme was planned as way back as April, when the Chief Registrar of Societies Thandiwe Mhende warned that the PF would be deregistered.
Mwamba who is among the PF presidential hopefuls says what was worrying by the conduct is the use of institutions of governance to fight political battles.
“On 25th April, 2023, the Registrar of Societies wrote to the PF warning that the party will be deregistered for failure to comply with an earlier order issued on 21st March, 2023 to avail a full and complete list of the office bearers. Chief Registrar of Societies, Thandiwe Mhende, claimed that the PF had only submitted 3 office bearers instead of 10 as required by the law,” he said.
He said that particular statement was just a political mischief as the party had submitted a full list of names of office bearers as approved by the conference that took place in 2021 ahead of the elections.
And Mwamba has announced that the PF will this weekend hold its extra ordinally Central Committee meeting at which various issues will be discussed and among them the holding of the constitutional conference.
Meanwhile, Mwamba has also revealed that the appointment of Mwangala Zaloumis and Mcdonald Chipenzi as commissioner and chairperson for the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has compromised the institution as both were UPND members.
He said Mwangala and Chipenzi were known UPND cadres whose impartiality is compromised.
“Further the appointment of Hon Maria Kawimbe to the ECZ advisory committee on election management is a matter of concern. We are also not pleased with the transparency and publicity awareness surrounding the continuous voter registration exercise that started in June, 2022,” he said.
Further, Mwamba revealed that the party has received numerous information that the UPND government is conducting a secret NRC issuance in the UPND stronghold.