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MMD official questions Mulongoti’s vice-presidency ambition

MMD official questions Mulongoti’s vice-presidency ambition
By Moses Kuwema
Fri 11 Feb. 2011, 04:01 CAT

MIKE Mulongoti should show the nation what he has done for the party before he contests the position of vice-president, according to an MMD official. Chilekwa Munkonge, the Lusaka Central Constituency MMD chairman, said much as works and supply minister Mulongoti had a democratic right to stand for any position, there was need for him to show what he had done for the party especially the grassroots.

“We shall elect people according to what they have done for the party and the nation. We as the grassroots have not seen any works that have been done by honourable Mulongoti but if he feels he has really worked hard for the party, then it’s okay; we have no objection. But I hope he will be able to stand the pressure which will be there at the convention,” Munkonge said in an interview yesterday.

And Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) president Joyce Nonde Simukoko said the freezing of the position of vice-president in the MMD should not be allowed to continue because it negated the principle of democracy on which the party was founded in 1990.

Simukoko commended the PF and the MMD for holding provincial elections as this was the only way in which their members could participate in the democratic process of electing leaders to represent them at various levels.

Mulongoti announced his candidature for the MMD vice-presidency on Wednesday. The MMD national convention is slated for April 5 this year.

Labels: JOYCE SIMUKOKO, MIKE MULONGOTI

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