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MMD chairperson accuses E/Province MPs of failure

MMD chairperson accuses E/Province MPs of failure
By Christopher Miti in Chipata
Friday August 15, 2008 [04:00]

EASTERN Province MMD chairperson Kennedy Zulu has said most members of parliament in the province have failed to deliver to people’s expectations. And Zulu said the Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) extended the suspension of the provincial youth treasurer Chris Zulu. In an interview last Monday, Zulu said members of parliament that wanted to visit the province should first inform the provincial party chairperson.

“Members of parliament should notify us before visiting the province because we want to know whatever they are going to do and if possible, we would like to go with them to the constituencies and hear what they articulate because what we have discovered is that some of them have failed to deliver the promises they gave to the people. That’s why some of them are panicking now,” Zulu said.

He said some of the members of parliament were forming parallel branches aimed at destabilising the party to try and safeguard their adoption in 2011.

“If they are not performing, they are de-campaigning themselves. So we want to know whether they come to the province to destabilise or to build the party,” Zulu said.

He said according to the PEC’s resolution during last Sunday’s meeting, members of parliament were directed not to interfere in the activities of constituency and district officials.

“According to the reports from the districts, it was noted that they were always faced with interference from members of parliament in the formation of branch and ward committees,” Zulu said.

He said PEC also banned all party members from issuing press statements and contacting the MMD secretariat without following procedure.

And Zulu said the provincial youth treasurer was suspended for fundraising without the knowledge of the provincial party treasurer.

Zulu also said provincial information and publicity secretary Filimino Banda had been appointed vice-provincial chairperson replacing late Charles Gear Nyirenda who died early this year

Labels: EASTERN PROVINCE, MMD

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