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PF to seek court order if Chiluba continues politics

PF to seek court order if Chiluba continues politics
By Patson Chilemba
Sat 23 Jan. 2010, 04:01 CAT

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) general secretary Wynter Kabimba yesterday warned that PF will seek a court order to stop former president Frederick Chiluba from receiving government benefits should he continue in active politics.

And Chiluba’s spokesperson Emmanuel Mwamba yesterday asked this author to ask Chiluba what he meant when told street vendors in Ndola that he was back to reorganise things.

Reacting to Chiluba’s announcement to the street vendors in Ndola that he was back to reorganise things, Kabimba said the statement by Chiluba justified the recent revelation that the former president was on the Copperbelt to campaign for President Rupiah Banda, and therefore he was still in active politics.

“And we are watching because if he continues along these lines then we will have to go to court and commence an action against him, so that he can have a court order to declare that the man is doing politics and he should not receive his benefits, so we are watching him,” he said.

On Chiluba’s campaigns, Kabimba said Chiluba should realise that he was no longer a factor in Zambian politics.

“He is there to decampaign PF and Michael Sata in particular to fulfill his partnership with Rupiah Banda, who has saved him from imprisonment. So he is paying back. So it is actually an act of gratitude, but what I want to say to him is that … wise men in history are those that realise in good time that the time to hang on to the reins of power was over,” Kabimba said.

“What Chiluba has to realise is that he is no longer a factor in Zambian politics; that he went through that phase and he is gone. So there is nothing that he can say to the people of Zambia to make them believe that he is still a factor in Zambian politics.”

Kabimba said mixing with street vendors, where he Chiluba came from, was all that he could do for now.

“He can go to Chisokone market and go and patronise ZANAMA, like Rupiah Banda did, but that is all he can do,” he said.

Kabimba said there was no political party in Zambia that could upset the PF’s dominance and popularity on the Copperbelt.

“Nobody can do that, and Chiluba is not the right soldier for that mission,” said Kabimba.
And when contacted on what Chiluba meant by saying he was back to reorganise things, Mwamba responded: “No, mukese be pusha, mukese be pusha come and ask him, come and ask him when he returns.”

When reminded that he was Chiluba’s spokesperson and the nation would be interested to know what his boss meant, Mwamba responded: “No, I will call him, I will find out.”

Asked if this fell in line with The Post’s revelation that Chiluba was on the Copperbelt to campaign, Mwamba responded: “So iwe nga waya kuchililo, wikalafye pachililo yonse 24 hours does it mean that when you go for a funeral yourself, you stay there for the whole 24 hours, you don’t do any other things?”

On Wednesday, well placed sources revealed that State House had sent Chiluba to the Copperbelt to campaign for President Banda and de-campaign Sata and the PF-UPND pact.

The sources disclosed that Chiluba travelled to the Copperbelt last weekend to kick-start his campaign for President Banda in the area.

The sources said the trip to the Copperbelt was planned well in advance and Chiluba would work closely with former MMD Copperbelt Province chairperson Terence Findlay, and other party and government officials.

Chiluba is also expected to extend his campaigns to Luapula and Northern provinces.

But Chiluba’s spokesperson said Chiluba was on the Copperbelt to attend family funerals in Ndola, Luanshya and Chingola.

Labels: CHILUBA, EMMANUEL MWAMBA, PF, WYNTER KABIMBA

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