The opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) says it is unreasonable for anyone to suggest that UPND parliamentarians should resign in solidarity with the MMD if the former ruling party’s deregistration is upheld.
UPND Deputy Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa says the party has never even thought of making such a decision because it knows how costly by-elections are.
Mr. Mweetwa says there is no way the UPND should involve itself in a dispute which is between the registrar of societies and the MMD.
He was reacting to sentiments by People’s Party national coordinator Edwin Sakala that the deregistration of the MMD is a constitutional crisis which can result into fresh elections if the UPND MPs could also declare solidarity by resigning.
In an interview with QFM, Mr. Mweetwa says the UPND should not be expected to join in the dispute, which is currently in the courts of law.
[ZNBC]
Ba Sakala, is elections your kalilo? get a grip on urself selfish you.
There would indeed be a constitutional crisis for any sane govt to de-register a party(MMD) or any other based on the reasoning of a juniour civil servant. To PF govt, its typical of their gimmic to weaken opposition parties for cheap populist move to divert public attention on non delivery of services to the people. Imagine GRZ to dessolve itself on account of not remitting civil servant contributions to its public pension fund. Indeed retirees have suffered heavily before any collection of their little retirement benefits. Whose fault is this? of course govt of the day. The question is can a govt be compelled to dissolve itself and call for fresh elections? Similarly, dissolusion of MMD will call for fresh elections but would mean initially MMD should not have taken part in elections?
Couldn’t put it better. This is a country that can’t pay farmers on time. There are no doctors at UTH and yet HEMCS watches this circus, Oooh, I meant rubs his hands in glee. This underscores the absence of leadership in our beloved country. Even sadder. We sit on our hands.
Mweetwa is proving to be a mature leader and i believe a future Mazoka
true that. am begining to like this fellow but not when he is displaying jealous criticisms
Sakalanyongo
Definitely Mweetwa is getting solid looking at the credentials he is accumulating. Chairman of …….., this and that……. Atweende badaala.
because it was not in good standing with the law? This process should have been a pre requisite requirement before allowing MMD to participate in elections let alone any party. Its for that reason that MMD CAN / WILL NEVER BE DE-REGISTERED by our judicial system because the consequencies are dire to the nation if at all we have a civilised govt in place.
for once i think i can support mweetwa for exibiting mature politics
I suppose one could consider that voters could stay away in protest for politicians playing games with democracy or give their votes to another party. Will those who lose seats accept this or will they claim rigging if someone like for example NAREP suddenly win all the MMD and UPND seats from protest votes or voter apathy? Long shot I know but nightmare scenario for ‘solidarity’ :)
Mukanda, nempumi yilya kuti aba Mazoka uyu? Awe, chakana. Tafilekwana mukwayi twakana. Nabachite resign mubwafwilisho bwabanabo ba corrupt MMD.
Looks mature and sensible than HH . Hope he will not be put into the Tonga nosense by HH
HH says the truth but the truth hurts and Sata lovers are hurt. When critism for Sata started a week after elections, it was HH. You people said its because he was Tonga and jealous. Today, almost everynoe doubts Sata. Some have called him an illiterate grade 4 requiring to enrol into evening classes at Mpika Basic. Is it because they are Tonga? And now this Ukwa name, are you going to tell me that its correct to have Ministry of Education and Early Childhold Education, just one example? What is the difference between education and early education? Education, my dear is just one, right from preschool to PhD. However, just admit that you hate Tongas. One of the characteristics of hate (cold love) is that you easily forget the good the one you hate does and never forget their shortcomings.
More bye-election.PF will leave the national treasery empty if they r nt chased soon.
PF is staying to govern our great country. No one will chase them, and we don’t chase in Zambia. We always wait for constitutional elections for our office holders.
PFooters should be chased out. They have over-stayed; lukatezi kuzamaisiwa ki manyai ba.
There no maturity in this stance ba Mwitwa. This matter is above partisan politics and the nation is calling on you to protect their precious democracy and you turn out you are sell outs also. It sad what level of selfishness is in African politics. We just thank God MMD will not be de-registered so this has just served to expose your self-serving motives of going into politics ba UPND.
If the matter is indeed above partisan politics as you put it, why blame UPND alone. Why dont PF Parliamentarians too protest the decision of the Registrar of Societies since the battle is not between a politcal party and a regulator? Is PF to you not a political party? Dont be shallow minded and learn to be objective.
If the matter is indeed above partisan politics as you put it, why blame UPND alone. Why dont PF Parliamentarians too protest the decision of the Registrar of Societies since the battle is not between Govt and RS but a politcal party and a regulator? Is PF to you not a political party? Dont be shallow minded and learn to be objective.
Thumbs up Mweetwa; another plus from the UPND after yesterday’s HH saying we must reform electoral laws quickly. Atweende badaala.
Comment 10 Boka Haram, when critism for Sata started a week after elections, it was HH. You people said its because he was Tonga and jealous. Today, almost everynoe doubts Sata. Some have called him an illiterate grade 4 requiring to enrol into evening classes at Mpika Basic. Is it because they are Tonga? And now this Ukwa name, are you going to tell me that its correct to have Ministry of Education and Early Childhold Education, just one example? What is the difference between education and early education? Education, my dear is just one, right from preschool to PhD. However, just admit that you hate Tongas. One of the characteristics of hate (cold love) is that you easily forget the good the one you hate does and never forget their shortcomings.
boko haram is a terrorist even his mouth is full of sh.it. leave hh out this andaleki nonsese. hh was the first one to call the move by andeleki a joke and it is amazing how people hate hh even when he is saying the correct thing.
You MMD supporters tell your Mps and NEC members to raise the 380m and pay so that this nonsense of de-registering is avoided don’t blame PF on this. We want to see if MMD leaders are selfless.
A very big hand to Mr. C .Mweetwa. You are now showing your upright thinking. Keep it up.
“Mr. Mweetwa says there is no way the UPND should involve itself in a dispute which is between the registrar of societies and the MMD.”
I think that’s wrong. Clearly this is a far larger dispute than between the Registrar of Societies and the MMD and is highly relevant to every Zambian! In the simplest of terms, de-registration of the country’s second largest opposition party (or any party, for that matter) shows contempt for everyone who stood in line to vote on Sept 20 – whether it be for PF, MMD, or UPND. Yes, there are rules and laws that must be followed, but the will of the people must also be respected.
Whether that means UPND should also resign in protest is something else – but to say this dispute is only involves MMD and the Registrar of Societies is just wrong.
supporting an illegality? You been conned by MMD, payback time is now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think UPND is belittling the consequences of MMD being de-registered permanently.In the event MMD gets the boot then it will be PF standing against UPND.Personally,i think PF would win 85% of seats currently held by MMD and would thus weaken the powers of the opposition in the National Assembly.And believe me,this is what Ukwa wants to see,he wants an overwhelming majority in Parliament and a very porous opposition side.UPND,it’s too early to decide…you guys a re jumping the gun!
UPND is indeed a sell out.If MMD is de-registered patriotic zambians would expect UPND MPS to resign so we have general elections and vote in people with Zambia at heart.It will however be absurd to de-register MMD.The ECZ and Zambia’s judiciary will lose credibility for allowing an ‘illegal’ party to stand for elections.Why didn’t they check records at the registrar of societies and why wasn’t this raised before the elections.The cost to Zambians will be huge.Instead of focusing on developing Zambia we will be spending huge amounts on unnecessary elections and continue the poverty cycle
Thanks Mweetwa for giving positive guidance in UPND. Politics of apeasment is long gone, thats why we need the right way forward for the development of our country & not wasting money on by-elections. PF is looking for by-elections, just like Shaka created wars in order to do what he enjoyed most, war! PF is missing the campaign feaver and would like us to go backwards instead of now fulfiling their campaign promises.
Zoona Mweetwa is a true up coming leader, but the only problem he is in a wrong party.
This mans thinking boggles my mind. This could be national issue and not just between MMD and Registrar of societies. Please show maturity. In fact,
you should offer constructive advise in order to help find a solution to this problem.
U TRAITOR STUPID BALD YOUNG MAN.
Mr Mweentwa, you always talk some thing sensible unlike HH. That is why people are demanding that you go to the presidency position of UPND because the current bwana HH is tired and can vomit anything which comes to his throat.
It is true why should UPND MPs resign because of incompetant MMD who failed to pay their dues? No it si unreasonable.
NEXT UPND CONVENTION STAND AS PRESIDENT YOU CAN ORGANISE THE PARTY LIKE FAMOUS MAZOKA MHSRIP
@ 26 so called upnd faecal adviser..mweetwas position on this matter is for upnd and not mweetwa…dand head wake up..why does hh gives you diarrhea when he speaks..hh for 2016….ukwa must rest.
YOU CAN RESIGN- WHO CARES. CHIPIMO PARTY IS MORE EFFECTIVE IN OPPOSITION THAN YOUR NONSENSE.
HOWEVER, DONT YOU THINK MMD MEMBER WILL MAKE UPND MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN THEY JOIN YOUR PARTY AS YOU ARE JUST A PLACE HOLDER AS AT NOW.
MWEETWA, YOU LOOK MORE OF A PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL BY FAR THAN UNDER 5.
Is Mweetwa the official spokesperson for the UPND or a deputy to Hon. Kakoma??? I get a feeling this guy does not even clear anythign with his superior Hon. Kakoma. Although he may have a poitn in this particular statement, I just feel the guy need to sober up and learn his ropes.
At the rate he is going, he will realise when it is too late that he has burnt himself out. Anyway, its a Bantustan approach!!!
Mazoka Kwisa…????? dream on
Mweetwa is indeed showing some meetle. A leader with potential acceptability national-wide if such can be developed further.
Honestly i don’t see what the big fuss is all about. Why can’t the MMD just pay-up their due and all will be buried. simple and straight foward
Mr Mweetwa that is the best thing to talk about. You are really a good leader. The action taken by the Registrar could have been harsh, but am sure there a lot of societies and organisations that have been de-registered before for not paying,whats so special with MMD.If its they did not pay its unfortunate. Let them pay   Â
Good stance at last, why join when  it has nothing to do with UPND, useless thinking as this deregistration has nothing to do with PF, wonder how MMD cadres link this to PF, pay your dues and save your party. Else tuleyiminina on PF Ticket to get those constituencies.Â
the PF are making noise now but you do realize a large part of the country still supports the mmd , there is no way the country can continue with out them
HE HAS LEARNT A LESSON FROM HH AS HE(HH) PULLED OUT OF THE PACT BLINDLY. NOW HH IS OUTSIDE THE MAIN ARENA,ALWAYS LOOKING FOR NEW NEGATIVE STATEMENTS. HE HAS EVEN STOPPED CALLING HIMSELF ‘YOUNG’, AKOTA NOMBA?
Mweetwa you are right, FOR THIS COUNTRY TO DEVELOP, WE NEED RESPONSIBLE PARTY’S THAT OBSERVE & SUPPORT THE LAWS OF THE LAND, Not Raping the country with impunity & FAILING TO MAINTAIN THEIR REGISTRATION for over 20 yrs, YET THEY CLAMOUR TO REMAIN IN PARLIAMENT & RECEIVE TAX-PAYERS FUNDS AS THEIR SITTING ALLOWANCES!!! If they can’t pay their dues, THEY DON’T DESERVE TO BE SITTING IN OUR PARLIAMENT!!!!!
mweetwa just take over upnd, u r doing better than HH
Mweetwa is right, because solidarity with an organisation that is abrogating law is encouraging lawlessness, MMD knows what is right to be done, just as tenants and all rate payers knows; if you do not pay bills to Zesco, they are left with no alternative but to disconnect power, the council invites the bailliffs to claim what is due to them.
Mweetwa is the spokesperson for the party which means that he is conveying the party’s stance and not his. Why should you say he is speaking better than HH. That shows how naive you are. You just hate the name HH when it is extremely possible that Mweetwe is just echoing the words of his boss. Shame on you people who can’t even afford logical thinking, no wonder you ushered into statehouse some disillusioned UKWA pushing all of us into this mess.
Take over from empty under 5
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