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Chishimba to challenge Sata for PF presidency

Chishimba to challenge Sata for PF presidency
By Patson Chilemba
Tuesday August 05, 2008 [04:00]

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Kasama Central member of parliament Saviour Chishimba yesterday said he will challenge party president Michael Sata for the presidency at the forthcoming convention. In an interview, Chishimba said he has what it takes to be PF president and that he has prayed to God over his intentions.

"I prayed. Yes, I will challenge him," he said.

When reminded over Sata's recent comment that it was wishful thinking for the 'rebel parliamentarians' to think that they would be allowed to attend the party's general conference slated for next month, Chishimba said God would prevail over Sata and ensure that party members sitting on the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) were allowed to attend the conference.

"Mr Sata is not God. No one should interfere with our rights. As members of the Patriotic Front, that injunction order which was granted to us by the court stands," Chishimba said. "In fact, even if they call themselves leaders, these people were not elected by anybody and that mandate which they

have is actually imposed. So we want the leadership in the Patriotic Front to realise that Zambia is a democracy."
Chishimba said Sata should not think that he owned PF. He said such thinking died with the one party dictatorship and should not be entertained in the current democratic dispensation.

Asked about his chances of winning the party presidency, Chishimba said nothing was impossible because he was a believer in God.
He said Sata should allow people to challenge him for the presidency.

"So if he says there is no money, let him then invite me personally to mobilise the money and I will mobilise the resources for the convention. I am not joking about this, I have got capacity and will mobilise the resources in less than 30 days," he said.

When asked if he had commenced campaigns for the presidency, Chishimba said: "You know when you depend on God, I don't need to take one month to campaign, even a day is enough. For me even one hour is enough. Just a mere presentation of a speech is enough to unroll the vision."
Chishimba said he had previously proved Sata wrong over his leadership potential.

He disclosed that in the 2006 general elections, Sata withdrew his Chishimba parliamentary candidature for Lukashya Constituency but proceeded to contest elections in Kasama Central where he won after campaigning for just two weeks.

"You see, with God nothing is impossible and all of us who believe even in the authority of God, we don't tremble when we see what is happening, the so-called mighty men or mighty women," said Chishimba.

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