Hundreds of Movement for Multi-party Democracy (MMD) cadres in Central Province yesterday held a solidarity march in support of President Levy Mwanawasa’s new role as chairman of the southern Africa development community (SADC).
The drum beating, ululating and chanting cadres clad in the party’s Chitenge
material bearing Mr. Mwanawasa’s portrait, were drawn from all the six districts in
the province and gathered at Central Province Minister, Mr. Sydney Chisanga’s office
in Kabwe.
And addressing the cadres, Mr. Chisanga thanked them for their overwhelming support
for the President’s new role, saying as a nation, Zambia had always strove to
promote peace, good governance and economic prosperity within the country, the
sub-region and Africa as a whole.
Mr. Chisanga recalled that since his ascendance to republican president, Mr.
Mwanawasa had declared a zero tolerance to corruption because he realized that with
high levels of the vice, there could be no good governance, no economic prosperity
and ultimately no peace.
He said the New Deal Government, under the able leadership of President Mwanawasa,
had worked very hard to eliminate hunger in the nation.
‘Today, Zambia is a maize surplus area, able to feed its people and some of our
neighbours who have experienced food deficit in the recent past. In short, Zambia
has become a major player in the region, not only in the area of politics, but also
in the economic arena as a result of the able leadership of President Mwanawasa,”
Mr. Chisanga said.
The provincial minister said he was convinced that the conferring of the
chairmanship of SADC on Mr. Mwanawasa could not have come at a better time than now.
Mr. Chisanga however, observed that Zambia’s assumption of the chairmanship of SADC
was not an MMD affair but a national one despite people’s political affiliations.
He urged all peace loving Zambians to rally behind Mr. Mwanawasa so that he could
diligently discharge his functions as SADC chairman on one hand and Republican
President on the other.
Mr. Mwanawasa assumed the chairmanship of SADC from Lesotho’s Prime Minister, Prof Pakalitha Mosisili, after the just ended SADC heads of states and governments summit held at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka.
Earlier, MMD Provincial women Chairperson, Ms. Grace Mulando said the cadres wished to congratulate Mr. Mwanawasa for assuming the chairmanship of SADC.
She said President Mwanawasa’s new role had many hurdles because the southern
African region was facing a lot of taunting political and economic challenges
needing active attention.
“We therefore urge all Zambians to give the president maximum support as he steers
the region to higher heights,” she implored.
See how fools behave! instead of marching to demand for better wages (civil service),improvement in the education and health sectors, creation of jobs? they go to waste their time in a solidarity march for LPM’s appointment as SADC chairman? what benefit will it bring to uplift or end their daily misery…nothing? mwafipuba imwe! continue marching with your hunger! mukafwa nasala yenu plus your stupidity!
Actually did not see this, I am so embarassed as a Zambian about this nonsense. Revolving Chairmanship can be confered even on a mad man if his turn has come. It is not a personal achievement but a chance for a member country, regardless of how poor or rich. With this attitude and low level reasoning in zambia, do we see any tangible development in the near future? Do I remember so sycophants praising Chiluba for the 2001 eclispse of the sun?