Mubanga accuses PF of sponsoring priests to speak against Rupiah
Written by Katwishi Bwalya
MMD chairperson for agriculture Maybin Mubanga has accused the Patriotic Front (PF) of sponsoring Catholic priests to speak against President Rupiah Banda
In an interview, Mubanga said President Banda was more Christian than the priests who were calling him all sorts of names.
He said criticism on President Banda by some Catholic priests was not genuine.
“They [Catholic priests] are being sponsored by an opposition political party like the PF,” Mubanga said.
He said Catholic priests speaking against President Banda were only interested in tarnishing the image of the President and the ruling MMD.
“Like this man Fr Bwalya from Radio Icengelo, he is in a wrong position [because] his attitudes and behaviour does not depict one who is father,” Mubanga said. “I think he should find another job. He is more political than religious, so for him I think he should try to form a political party rather than use innocent Christians for his own hidden agenda.”
Mubanga said it was unfortunate that the priests had allowed themselves to be used by a political party.
He urged President Banda to ignore the criticism from some Catholic priests.
“This man [Fr Bwalya] is very malicious…his intention is to just tarnish the image of the President and the ruling party,” said Mubanga. “The President is a very experienced politician and one thing I like about him is that he is very calm, he is more Christian than Fr Bwalya because he is cool minded. If it was Fr Bwalya who was being insulted, he could have reacted in a very difficult way.”
Labels: MAYBIN MUBANGA, PF
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Maybin Mubanga accuses Katele of weakening MM
Written by Katwishi Bwalya
Thursday, December 04, 2008 4:55:23 AM
MMD chairperson for agriculture Maybin Mubanga has accused national secretary Katele Kalumba of weakening the party by making decisions without consulting the National Executive Committee (NEC).
And Mubanga has urged the affected people to ignore the dissolution by Kalumba and remain in their positions until the matter is resolved by the NEC.
Reacting to Kalumba’s dissolution of provincial organs in Luapula Province, Mubanga said NEC members were shocked to hear from the press that Kalumba had dissolved the party’s structures in the province without their knowledge.
“People were surprised by the news of Kalumba dissolving the party organs in Luapula Province because we wonder why that decision was made and if they were any consultations, and people were calling me asking me. I got a call from Mulongoti, Tetamashimba all asking about the news, I’m a NEC member myself and I was not consulted on the matter,” Mubanga said.
Mubanga said such acts would weaken the party both at provincial and at national levels and called for consultations among NEC members. He said MMD members in Luapula Province had rejected Kalumba’s decision.
“I have since asked the party officials in Luapula Province to ignore the decision by our national secretary until the matter is resolved by NEC, which is a supreme body for the party, because such acts will only weaken the party,” he said.
Mubanga said MMD organs in the province have since protested to NEC over Kalumba’s decision to dissolve them. They sent a letter yesterday protesting against Kalumba and asked NEC to rescind the dissolution.
And Mubanga said the recent happenings in MMD were a clear sign that President Rupiah Banda should take up the position of party president on an acting basis.
“It seems there is no order in the party and anyone can do whatever they want. So there is need for the President to assume the role of acting party president so that he can control people in the party,” he said.
Mubanga said failure by President Banda to assume the role of acting party president would make it hard for him to rule.
“When the President assumes the role of party president, it will even be easy for him to control people and not what we are seeing now,” said Mubanga.
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