10 eye Magoye seat under PF
10 eye Magoye seat under PFBy Henry Chibulu in Mazabuka
Wed 19 Oct. 2011, 15:00 CAT
MORE than 10 people have applied for adoption on Patriotic Front ticket for the deferred Magoye parliamentary election.
The election was deferred to November 24 following the death of National Movement for Progress candidate Captain Willie Malambo a few days before the September 20 polls.
PF Mazabuka district chairperson Sylvester Simayaba, who disclosed
this in an interview, said seven applicants had since submitted their
applications to both the district and constituency executive committee
while the rest applied direct to the constituency executive committee.
He said the constituency would today interview candidates while the
district would sit tomorrow to scrutinise the names of candidates
short-listed.
Simayaba said the overwhelming response from candidates had cheered
party officials because most of the aspirants were credible and
popular in the area.
He named some of the candidates as former parliamentarian for Magoye
Ben Mweemba, Lusaka businessman Keith Cheemu, financial consultant
Munyama and local contractor, Felix Manyoni.
Others are Mwanachingwala Indigenous People's rights chairperson
Joshua Ng'andu, former Mazabuka mayor Edmond Cheelo and Mutelo
Hamanje, a spokesperson for the Mwanachingwala Royal Establishment.
Simayaba said the people of Magoye were geared to vote for the PF
government as a way of appreciating the victory of President Michael
Sata as Republican President.
''The people of Magoye want to give the President a gift as being
first ones (in the province) to deliver a seat to the PF government,''
said Simayaba.
And PF Southern Province youth chairperson Brave Mweetwa said the
party was happy with the number of people defecting from UPND and MMD
to the PF.
Mweetwa said the UPND was headed for a serious political shock because
most people in the province were now happy with the manner President
Sata was handling national affairs.
He observed that several intellectuals who previously sympathised with
the MMD and UPND had now realised that the propaganda targeted at
President Sata was in bad faith.
Labels: BY-ELECTIONS, PF
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