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Rupiah is a danger to himself, says Malwa

Rupiah is a danger to himself, says Malwa
By Staff Reporter
Thu 07 July 2011, 04:01 CAT

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda is destroying himself and the MMD by targeting individuals in the party instead of providing leadership to unite members, says former MMD North Western Province youth chairperson Newton Malwa. Malwa, in an interview, said the MMD was being destroyed by its leadership which had stuck to undemocratic tendencies.

He said this would spell the MMD’s downfall in this year’s general elections.
Malwa said Zambians had woken up to the reality of change and there was nothing that the ruling party would do to defy the will of the people toward change of government.

He said even Dr Kenneth Kaunda was cheated by people who wanted to benefit from him in 1991, but in the end the will of the people prevailed and brought the MMD to power.

Malwa said he had warned of the unpopularity of the MMD in recent parliamentary by-elections in Mufumbwe and Solwezi Central but the party defied him leading to his resignation but was vindicated later when the ruling party lost both seats to the opposition UPND.

“President Rupiah Banda is a danger to himself; you can’t have a President who is supposed to unify members become so petty. President Banda has joined the MMD with its skeletons and has added more problems to the party…,” Malwa said. “If anyone says the truth he becomes an enemy of the state. “

He said MMD was doomed for massive failure as founder members were being hounded out of the party, leaving President Banda who did not know the ruling party well enough to provide effective leadership as he was infiltrated by the UNIP mentality.

“What people are seeing on ZNBC is all propaganda because that’s what they want you general public to feel. The current leadership of the MMD has lost focus; they have fallen short of the wishes of the people.

The wind of change is not on MMD but on PF; whether they like it or not Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata would be in State House, but there are people who always want to sing slogans to the people,” Malwa said. “The more they talk about him, the more popular they make him because people will begin to ask ‘who is this Sata?’”.

Malwa, who has since joined PF and applied for adoption to stand in Solwezi Central said Sata spoke the language of the common people and issues that affected them.

He said the political scenario in North Western Province, particularly Solwezi, had changed as the mines had attracted more people from other urban areas which had put the MMD in a disadvantaged position.

Malwa said people in North Western Province were crying for long-term infrastructure development in many sectors but the government was concentrating on costly mobile hospitals.

Labels: MMD, NEWTON MALWA, RUPIAH BANDA, WESTERN PROVINCE

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