PF UPDATE; Central Committee Meets Without Acting President Hon.Given Lubinda as Power Struggle Persist
Patriotic Front Members of the Central Committee led by Chairperson for Legal Affairs and Lukashya MP, Hon George Chisanga met to understand the pronouncements of Acting President Given Lubinda.
Earlier in the day, Chairperson, and Lupososhi Member of Parliament, Musonda Mpankata rejected the alleged removal of senior members including himself, Lundazi MP, Brenda Nyirenda, Milanzi MP, Mellesiana Phiri, Lusaka Province strongman, Christopher Shakafuswa, Northern Province Chairperson, Chomba Chipili and others from the Central Committee.
He instead called for a Central Committee that was rescheduled by Lubinda to meet and continue planning for the upcoming General Conference.
Among the issues discussed and concluded was that Hon. Lubinda was acting outside the party constitution and his decisions to remove members from the Central Committee did not have the blessing of the Constitution or the Central Committee.
The Central Committee have also urged that the preparartions of the work of the General Conference must continue.
PF Chairperson for the Party, Hon. Musonda Mpankanta was tasked to urgently organise a meeting of presidential candidates and Secretariat to agree on appointment of an Independent Electoral Commission, approval the list of delegates and venue for the General Conference.
A split has occurred in the Central Committee with some members supporting Lubinda and demanding that he be respected as leader of the Party while others are supporting PF Chairperson, Mpankanta arguing that Lubinda was acting maliciously because he was a presidential candidate pushing out rivals and their supporters to consolidate his base.
The Storm before the Calm , may be
A Hurricane eventually becomes a tropical storm, then a Depression, and just a normal wind.
That’s the weather…
But can we say the same for what is happening in the Patriotic Front ? I have doubts.
The behavior of the characters in the Patriotic Front doesn’t give much hope. Wherever Mr Michael Sata got some of these people beats my mind. They are proving to be a hopeless lot.
If I had my way, I can retire the all lot in national Interest.. Can just remain with Christopher Kangombe .
Who can vote for such a confused lot?
No wonder even tuma useless and Amateurish IMingaloto from Hakainde can paralyse this group.
Robert Chabinga, just some hopeless kid , but a party with over 600 Councilors, Mayors and Council Chair persons, and 60 Members of Parliament, and National wide structures fails to put the nicompoop to size.
Seleniko and let others take over. You are a useless group of Failures.
He once described them as useless. I hope you remember very well.
Confused group what to come and run the organized country only God knows.
The party shall disband.The damage caused is irreparable.The number of issues to be corrected are numerous and this can’t be done with people who are furious.Mistrust, suspicion and selfish intentions can be observed here.
@100 I feel your pain dear.
Kang’ombe is the only person who is sensible. Let him just join bene Mweetwa so that we have a team of Young brainy people.
To meet without the acting president is gross indiscipline and is unacceptable. The Chair should have convened a meeting for everyone including Lubinda and the meeting should have helped. Otherwise whatever is happening in this PF faction is illegal, all of them should find a way of coming together and try to normalize things. But if things continue the way they are, the convention is likely to take place without Lubinda and some of his fellow presidential aspirants. Some Provinces may boycott the convention and the problem will go on worsening.
This is very valid point. The meeting should have been for all members including Acting President, Given Lubinda. By leaving him out, is an act of indiscipline and creating another faction of PF.
Chairman’s power is only at the convention, when elections are in progress, not now. Please avoid confusion in your pf, Zambia needs a semblance of united opposition