SEAN TEMBO RUBBISHED NAKACHINDA’S TONSE STATEMENT
SEAN Tembo has dismissed a media statement released by his Tonse Alliance counterpart Raphael Nakacinda, and in the process laid bare the deep-rooted disunity brewing behind the closed doors of the opposition grouping led by former president Edgar Lungu.
Nakacinda, who serves as Secretary General of both the faction Patriotic Front (PF) and the Tonse Alliance, issued a communiqué detailing resolutions allegedly made at a Council of Leaders meeting held at the PF secretariat in Lusaka.
The memo claimed that Tonse Alliance leaders had agreed on a number of critical decisions, including adopting a single candidate for the upcoming Lumezi Constituency by-election, supporting the Socialist Party in Milenge, tightening internal security, and shifting all official alliance communication to Nakacinda’s office.
“The Tonse Council of Leaders has resolved to support the Socialist Party in Milenge Local Government by-election, and going forward, all communications shall be issued through the office of the Secretary General until the internal legal reviews are concluded,” Nakacinda stated.
But Tembo, president of the Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP) and Tonse Alliance spokesperson, was having none of it.
In a sharp rebuttal posted on social media just an hour after Nakacinda’s memo was circulated, Tembo rubbished Nakacinda’s statement, describing it as misleading and unauthorized.
Tembo urged the public to ignore the communique issued by Nakacinda, stating that a formal position of the alliance would be communicated by its acting chairperson, Daniel Pule.
“Please disregard the memo appearing on the PF page, issued by Hon Raphael Nakacinda,” Tembo wrote”, Tembo stated.
Confusion has continued to rock the opposition Tonse Alliance following contradictory statements issued by two of its senior officials leaving political observers and Facebook users scratching their heads, wondering who is actually in charge of the opposition coalition.
“Very confused alliance, we can’t take you seriously now. I am yet to see an alliance that will work. From time immemorial, no alliance has ever worked in Zambia,” a Facebook user commented on Tembo’s statement.
With no clarification yet from Pule, the man sandwiched between Nakacinda and Tembo, the Tonse Alliance appears to be lurching from one public embarrassment to another
By George Musonda
Kalemba
GREEDY and EGOISTIC people coming together only for convenience. They need PF and they are praying hard that Edgar is not eligible so that they can hijack PF.
Kalaba remains better for opposition.Just needs proper king makers to polish up here and there.People need to help Kalaba to build so that Zambia may have a better opposition.We don’t have opposition apparently.
Before going to the media, resolve your differences behind the scene.
That is your Sean Tembo, misdirecting himself. Even if Dan Pule is Vice Chairman of Tonse Alliance, the purported Resolutions of the Meeting hold good. There is absolutely no issue here for Dan Pule to announce. Sean Tembo is not indispensable.