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Rupiah will be an easy target, says Hichilema

Rupiah will be an easy target, says Hichilema
Written by George Chellah
Monday, June 15, 2009 9:34:46 PM

RUPIAH Banda will be an easy target for the UPND/PF pact in 2011, UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema said yesterday. And Hichilema said the head of state sneaked back quietly and in darkness because he is ashamed and guilty of the current situation in the country.

In an interview, Hichilema said the UPND/PF pact was delighted with the decision by the MMD national executive committee (NEC) to endorse President Banda for 2011.

"I must say that UPND and PF are the happiest to face Rupiah Banda in 2011. We are rejoicing that we have an easy target. Rupiah will be an easy target for the pact. He is disastrous, he is a target that has failed to run the country. Who would even want to vote for him?" Hichilema asked.

"Actually this is the best bad decision MMD has ever made. MMD always makes bad decisions but this one is the best bad decision they have ever made. Let them endorse him."

He said President Banda sneaked back quietly in darkness because he was ashamed of the current situation in the country.

"He is a tourist and do tourists announce their arrival at the destination? He is fearing his own shadow. It doesn't take one a lot of alertness to see that the country is in trouble. He is ashamed and guilty of what is going on in the country," Hichilema said.

"He is now moving in the dark because shame is catching up with him so he opted to come quietly. He was enjoying better health care in South Africa provided by a responsible government in that country."

Hichilema said President Banda could not retrieve his credibility because it was long gone.

"In fact, the UPND/PF government would consider giving Rupiah an Ambassadorial job because he is more interested in travelling. So we will look at him and see how we can consider him for an Ambassadorial appointment," Hichilema said before bursting into laughter.

"At first he thought running a country was a joke and he was busy gallivanting around. That's why I was saying that Southern Province minister Daniel Munkombwe should ask him when he is visiting Zambia because he is always travelling."

On defence minister George Mpombo's accusation that he was he was fuelling strikes, Hichilema said Mpombo must not blame others for his government's inadequacies.

"These strikes were foreseen long time ago. Mpombo and his team wants to suppress workers when they are the ones paying themselves hefty allowances," said Hichilema.

"It's extremely poor judgment they have lost the moral high ground. Let me also say that people have embraced the pact and they are demanding for an early election."

On Sunday, Mpombo warned Hichilema not to be a champion of political destabilisation in the country saying adding fuel to a burning fire was tantamount to cheap leadership.

Mpombo's remarks come in the wake of Hichilema's statement in which he described the current situation in the country as volatile and expressed dissatisfaction at the government's response to the strike by civil servants.

Labels: GEORGE MPOMBO, HAKAINDE HICHILEMA, RUPIAH BANDA

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