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(LUSAKATIMES) MMD threatens to expel 9 MPs serving in the PF Government

MMD threatens to expel 9 MPs serving in the PF Government
TIME PUBLISHED - Friday, July 13, 2012, 2:04 pm

Nine by-elections are looming in the MMD held constituencies after party president Nevers Mumba this morning warned that to expel all MMD members of parliament currently serving as Deputy Ministers in the patriotic front government.

Dr. Nevers Mumba said this at media briefing at the party secretariat in Lusaka that the move is aimed at instilling discipline in the former ruling party. Dr. Mumba has since charged that the nine MMD mps in question have a choice to leavethe party or join the PF and relinquish their parliamentary seats.

He said the party would rather have a few mps than have a bunch of indiscipline Parliamentarians.

And MMD Chilanga Member of Parliament Keith Mukata who is currently commerce deputy minister is reported to have handed his resignation letter as Deputy Minister to President Michael Sata.

And Dr. Mumba has announced that veteran politician and MMD founder member Vernon Mwaanga will next month retire from active politics. He said Mr. Mwaanga will however servethe party on the council of elders to be constituted soon.

Meanwhile, Former Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Kanchibiya Constituency aspiring candidate Sunday Chanda has resigned from the former ruling party.

In an interview with Qfm news, Mr. Chanda says his resignation from the MMD is informed by the unacceptable levels of intolerance, persecution and loss of vision on the part of the leadership ofthe Party.

Mr. Chanda who has wished the MMD well in its future endeavors, has not ruled out the possibility of joining a progressive political party but that he will commit to the Open Society Foundation, an organisation that advocate for good governance and creation of youth employment among others.

He says his resolve to point out the ills committed by the previous regime earned him all sorts of names with some party officials making wild allegations against his personality.

Mr. Chanda has thanked the MMD for giving him an opportunity to contest the Kanchibiya seat on the party ticket in last year’s tripartite elections stating that the experience allowed him to appreciate common facing people in Mpika which are poverty and disease.

He said unless all Zambians acknowledge their role in today’s unemployment levels, a national agenda to create a better life for the people will continue to elude the nations for many years to come.

QFM

Labels: MMD, NEVERS MUMBA, PF

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