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Kalusa asks Prof Chirwa to join PF-UPND pact

Kalusa asks Prof Chirwa to join PF-UPND pact
Written by Mwila Chansa in Kitwe
Monday, July 20, 2009 7:41:00 AM

UPND national youth chairperson Joe Kalusa has asked MMD presidential aspirant Professor Clive Chirwa to join the UPND and PF pact, saying the door in the MMD is already too hard and cemented. In an interview yesterday, Kalusa said the door of the presidency in the MMD was not for noble people such as Prof Chirwa.

"Even people who are in Zambia like Katele Kalumba have given up and are dancing for Rupiah Banda's candidature in 2011, so I sympathise with Clive. How will he open that door when those in Zambia have failed?" he asked.

Kalusa urged Prof Chirwa to realise that there was nothing he was fighting for in MMD because even if he succeeded to become their candidate in 2011, he would still fail because the MMD as a party and government had damaged the country beyond repair and hence people had lost confidence in them.

"My humble advice is for him to join the pact now because if he comes at the eleventh hour, it will be too late for him. I admire him, he's got brains and can contribute to the development of this country, but he can only do that through the pact," said Kalusa.

He accused the MMD of condoning thefts and challenged them to explain where the railway line linking Luanshya to Ndola had gone.

"The best thing for the Professor is to stop pushing a cemented and closed door. It's... not for noble men like Chirwa."

And Kalusa hoped that Prof Chirwa had come back to Zambia for good, observing that it would be difficult for him to contribute effectively to issues in the country just by reading about the developments on-line.

Kalusa cited the recent nurses' strike as an issue that Prof Chirwa needed to see in person to appreciate how chaotic the situation was.

Meanwhile, Kalusa urged the women's movement not to depart from their core principle of representing voiceless women because people would conclude that they had been bought.

He said it was surprising that leaders of the women's movement had began changing goalposts immediately after their visit to State House.

Kalusa urged the women leaders to follow up reports that a woman in Kasama had given birth in police cells, saying they should take police to task for allowing such an occurrence.

Labels: CLIVE CHIRWA, JOE KALUSA, PF-UPND

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