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‘Rupiah has instructed the doctoring of delegates list’

‘Rupiah has instructed the doctoring of delegates list’
By Patson Chilemba
Tue 20 July 2010, 14:10 CAT

NG’ANDU Magande has charged that President Rupiah Banda has instructed MMD deputy national secretary Chembe Nyangu to doctor the list of delegates for the party national convention.

In an interview, Magande, who is Chilanga MMD member of parliament, disclosed that Nyangu last Saturday barred some MMD officials who were believed to support Magande from attending a meeting he had with officials in Mazabuka. He said he believed the meeting was called to discuss how delegates to the convention would be elected.

Magande said there would be no need to go for the convention if the list of delegates would be doctored.

“And if the delegates’ list are being doctored, therefore, who will want to go to such a convention? Why go to a place where you know everybody who is there has been given instructions of what to do?” Magande asked on Monday.

He said the bad things that were happening had the blessing of the President.

“I mean these people are comparing myself with him. I have no facilities to instruct Mr Nyangu; he President Banda might have. And in fact he has, not he might have. Perhaps he is the one who has instructed Mr Nyangu to behave in that manner,” Magande said.

He said with what was happening, the MMD convention would be a complete sham.
However, Magande asked his supporters not to give up, saying they had to find another way of getting to the public.

“Clearly, these people don’t respect democracy. Why don’t you give your citizens an opportunity to choose the best?” Magande asked.

He wondered how the MMD government would conduct democratic elections if those at party level were undemocratic.

Magande urged citizens to register as voters as that would be their only opportunity to decide the leadership of the nation.

Magande mentioned Mazabuka MMD district deputy chairperson Takawira Mahere and Mazabuka Central Constituency chairperson Davis Bbilika as some of the people who were barred from attending the meeting.

District youth chairperson Kecious Gaanga was also barred from attending the meeting.

Labels: CHEMBE NYANGU, MAGANDE, MMD, RUPIAH BANDA

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