Patriotic Front Presidential aspirant Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba has charged that the PF Central Committee is compromised and hence the need for the party to adopt its presidential candidate through a convention.
And Mr. Mwamba has accused PF Secretary General Edgar Lungu of having promised Central Committee members with jobs once he is elected president.
Speaking to journalists shortly after filing in nominations with the Acting President, Mr. Mwamba says there is need to give all individuals that have shown interest in contesting for the PF presidency an equal opportunity.
Mr. Mwamba, popularly known as GBM, says the only mode of adoption acceptable to all party members is through a general conference so that all interested individuals have an equal chance of contesting.
He says the Central Committee is only serving the interests of few individuals, but that all people’s views can be considered if the general conference is held.
And Mr. Mwamba has advised Mr. Lungu to follow suit and file in his nominations, stating that he will regret if he is left out in the race.
He says as per requirement by the regulations of the party, he will also submit a copy to Mr. Lungu later this afternoon at his office.
The Kasama Central Lawmaker has maintained that if he is not adopted, he will personally support a candidate who will be picked from the convention which is expected to be held next week.
And Mr. Lungu has told journalists that he will consult widely before submitting his nominations whose deadline is tomorrow.
Mr. Lungu says he cannot make such a landmark decision alone without consulting his supporters.
We don’t deserve this.
Please no, just No enough PF.
Don’t wash your laundry in public.
Thanks
so Mr. Lungu will be submitting his nomination form to himself? Why can’t this man relinquish as position as PF sec gen if he is interested in leading the party. ?
I am just imagining if Kabimba was PF secretary. For sure PF is a very divided party, since last year they have just been in-fights, Sata afwila namo.
This is now really laughable! Ha! ha! ha! Rolling and LOL. How can Mr Edgar Lungu consult widely when the closing date for taking names of those that want to stand closes tomorrow? What a 12 months turnaround can bring! Kabimba systematically squeezed out, dead and buried under the water. Remember the term “Politics is a dirty game?”
There is Devils Street in Emmasdale, they have enough bars on that street for Edgar Mapainti to consult…..
@Bashi nono, fantastic point re: “EL will be submitting his on application to stand?” What a point! This vindicates Guy Scott the Acting President who is also exempt from standing as the safe keeper of the presidency during the transition. Had Guy Scott been able to stand then he would have been the natural choice to stand as PF candidate for the presidential by-election. I have a question to the dear bloggers. Would a by-election still have to be held even if Guy Scott was eligible to stand or was he going to finish the remainder of the term and just go for the general election in 2016. I suppose we still would have gone for the by-election as that’s what the non-human constitution depicts. Everything lies in the very live human driven constitution! VIVA UPDN VIVA HH! take a lead
Wow let them all have an open presidential debate?? ZNBC or MUVI can you please arrange for this?? give us a live stream so that People in the diaspora can also participate and ask questions.
Think, Create and Innovate?? we want to see who is intelligent in the PF leadership.
……submitting his OWN application and tearing all the other ones. Beginning of the end of Mr Edgar Lungu. The world is watching. It’s just a whole catalogue of errors! Guy Scott should have actually advised Edgar to resign his position as SG rather than sack him. Wow…the whole political scene is a mess in PF and now I understand why they should go!
However you look at this debacle, its simply not fair not to choose a presidential candidate via National conference. Its as clear as day light that the members of central committee have made up their mind and they are resolved to vote Lungu, therefore, others stand absolutely no chance of being heard let alone voted if it would be left to CC to choose. I say stop the nonsense and start preparing for the NC. Chicken Lungu needs to prove his popularity at the NC and not through the back door.
I agree with Mushota. This is not good for PF
Mr Lungu, I thought you had done your consultations earlier ? Truly you are a puppet !!
Guys learn to think before you comment,since when did a party president take nominations for aspirants? Guy and group are trying to paralyze Lungu by getting him out of the SGs office in the pretext that he is an aspirant,then they will turn around and appoint a puppet,who will call for a convention,which they are organizing,and whose results they know.
Iwe @zamcab, in civilized societies, Lungu should have stepped down voluntarily and allowed the Deputy SG to do that function of receiving nominations and etc. The problem at the moment is a lot of myths and legends have been woven around the whole process isolating the constitutional provisions which are being replaced by the superiority of the so-called Central Committee. When wolves squabble they even eat their babies…
Ba GBM,you are no presidential material naimwe,this guy thinks money will buy him the presidency.Even if the MCC was not compromised,you would still lose the real election,not the conference election,that you plan on buying.Tell Guy and Mmembe to stop wasting our time and announce the presidential election date.Alternatively,form your own party if you are that popular.
GBM may not be presidential material but he has every right to be ambitious . Also, he is asking for a convention so that you do not accuse him of using his money to buy members of the executive committee.
What material are presidents made of.
Lungu just be man enough and file in your papers. You were banking on a bunch of hooligans and your dagga smoking MPs to cause confusion to your benefit. Do not behave like a maggot which fairs well in rotten environment. Remember Scot received 1st class education not the kind of degrees you get under an environment of exam malpractice. I can see there was also an element of morality in Scot’s education. I doubt if this man was educated in Zambia otherwise he would also be behaving like a kaponya.
you should be ashamed of yourself. What the hell happened to you, that you have no self-esteem this badly.
As a cifita and a Zambian I find your comment highly offensive and sad.
People of Zambia, you need to pray hard. What you are seeing is just the tip of the iceberg. If you thought there 2 or 3 cartels, you are all mistaken!!! The cartels fighting for State House have gone International. May be even members of PF are part of this self destruction or implosion because they will benefit later. Check this link;
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It’s a game, this one. And Edgar must play it smart and safe.
The game plan per Scott:
a. manipulate everything to stop Lungu.
b. deliver for presidency either Sata Mulenga or Miles Sampa for the cartel. Just watch the Post coverage and Membe’s editorials.
Corresponding moves for Edgar:
a. NEVER relinquish position of SG.
b. file his nomination to his office and copy the VP.
c. at elections, declare interest and do not execute the functions of SG. When its all over he can either be President or revert to SG.
Edgar, there will be pressure BUT don’t resign as SG.
PF must behave maturely, let them in peace come up with a candidate. Let them also resolve the issue of mode of adoption ASAP. Just to remind PF, you are left with 68 days to election day. So ukutumpa no bupuba muleke bamambala imwe. You have started irritating us …..shame on you.
Peace and Prosperity to Mother Zambia
Why are you worried about whether PF have a candidate or not? Zambia has many opposition parties and contenders.
Current Constitution of Zambia bars any person to aspire for presidency on based on the parentage clause. Under this clause for PF I see GBM, Mulenga Sata, Given Lubinda and even Lungu not qualifying! That leaves Miles Sampa as only contender. In MMD my foot where is Rupiya coming from? I can vividly see Nevers Mumba contesting. In UPND it’s HH, no question. NAREP it’s Chipimo. There is FDD’s NawaNawakwi. This makes me know who will stand in the by-elections. PF stop your impasse and get Miles Samoa, he seems your qualifying contender constitutionary, other wiser you will face never ending legal injunctions and fail to take part in by-elections.
These shameless ****** misleading the nation causing alot confusion due to their highly ilietrate levels and think they can rule this country based sympathy. we are not stupid and Zambians and we can see through you. You guys a long gone….GONE
You asked for democracy in 1990 and was granted
You made laws and constitutions to govern well
So who do you expect to follow all that if lawyers like Lungu can’t follow or understand .
He can’t show integrity , respect oath , put himself in position of ours and follow constitution .
He can argue with the president through media that cowardliness .
Good luck zambia
@Hu, in Zambia, like most of Africa, it is about emotive interpretations. You will even hear phrases like “who can follow such laws; they are for the British”… but when there is an archaic law to punish drivers whose vehicles have no reflective stickers from Autoworld you see them jumping on mountains to suck out a bribe for something that should have died in 1950!!!! I cringe for my country. I seriously do!
Sad that the battle goes on in PF, let’s hope the central committee excutes its job on thursday. But for gbm, u say the playing field is not fair if no convention, what’s makes u think at NEC u can’t win whiles at convention your change u have can influence shift of fortunes? Besides gbm, mulenga & lubinda have parental issues to sort out before adoption is confirmed?
The final contest will be between Rupiah Banda and Hakainde Hichilema. PF will split the votes from northern and Muchinga Provinces. As things stand today RB will carry the day. UPND cadres will start badmouthing immediately they read this but truth shall be told. Zambian political horizon is tribal horizon and vice versa. Do your math pipos.
Part of the reason the Labor party in Australia lost power is that they spent most of their governing time as well as their transition squabbling over leadership. The electorate eventually get tired. It is like fighting over a woman whose groom-to-be is just on holiday and will be coming back to take her away… Poor Fools!
Once a rascal, always a rascal. Lungu is a rascal and a brainless maggot in PF.
Ba PF and MMD, your impasse is affecting us at work. Every other minute, you need to get onto internet to read any developments. When are you going to give us a break? If I get fired for permanently logging onto internet, are you going to take of my financial needs you maggots! Put your respective houses in order. Otherwise if I get fired, I will also fire you in January. Anyway, I have already decided to fire you so whatsoever you do now, will not change my position. Or do you want me to mail you my overseas account? You can direct cash to the account; may be that way, I will fire you with benefits. Munkombwe mwana, let us continue playing politics of the belly. You are so quite. Is your belly too full already?
The whole thing just stinks.
Guy Scott is an utter disgrace. The whole fandango is about removing Edgar Lungu.
As for the Fat Controller, he makes an attack on his party member who is his SG! Are there complaints procedures? So he breaks one rule and then accuses his SG of breaking rules.
In no way are any of these Bemba clique fit to rule, at this moment; Bwalya, Mulenga Sata, Miles Sampa. They are just a bunch of silly people that need to stop posing in front of their mirror and going, “oh, yeah Mr President,” to themselves. They should sacrifice their interests for the better of the party. This mess is about this gang within PF.
Even if they paid the 7 billion estimated for the convention, most of it will be shaved off into their pockets.
Who is going to vote for those 3? They can only win by rigging the elections.
The only good thing about this shameful, open display of greed, is that hopefully, the PF Support base will wane and lead to PF’s own demise.
These are immoral individuals whose feet are connected by roots going ALL the way to HELL. There is not one display of Christian values.
Lungu is the only one to give PF a win. In those 2 years he will be able to rid PF of these savages in ill-fitting suits.
@Patriot Abroad
“…….. In those 2 years he will be able to rid PF of these savages in ill-fitting suits”.
Lungu shouldn’t, like all the other unclean contenders, on moral grounds not even be contesting for president. LAZ grabbed his practice licence, he was employed by Barclays and ZCCM which companies he was fired from for financial impropriety, to cap it up he drinks to excess. Do you want such an unprofessional and dishonest person to be president?
The PF Central Committee may surely compromised but what is obvious is that the only way a buffoon like GBM can win at the convention is by bought buying using his ill gotten wealth whose roots every discerning Zambian knows.
Democracy is the issue. Whether GBM wins at the Convention is besides the point. PF must not allow itself to betray democracy. Whoever is going to be the new party leader must be elected democratically. It is a far cry for fairness for Lungu to use his position as SG to try to use the back door. It only shows, he lacks character and is therefore, not the ideal leader PF should be looking up to.
What I know is that the General Conference is more compromised than the Central Committee!
You are saying PF is rotten through and through.
@Lord Valdemort
I agree with you
Am sayin this again,even at its weakest,the pf is still stronger than the entire opposition put 2getha
PF is doomed as a party if it evades democracy.
Despite all these comments I have been going through, I think you guys have shown some signs of maturity compared to other African states that main, rape and kill to stay in power. Good luck in your forthcoming two months of speculation.
Hon Edger Lungu must resign or religuish his position that the playing field my be leveled.
Awe mwandi Edgar, don’t resign.
Declare interest and then don’t participate in the agenda pertaining to election of party president.
That is the order of things per rule of law and good corporate governance.
You are SG until you are elected president of PF!!
PF is not a Bemba party, at least we have been told. So boyi, my learned colleague, not kukufyenga aba ba Bemba. If they attempt, we can do some ka pro bono to help you research and push in a ka ex parte……….then PF wont have a candidate until nomination date if ever!!
Those of you getting worked up about GBM’s presidential aspirations are wasting your energy. GBM does not qualify because his mother was South African.
Party of dunderheads for dunderheads by dunderheads
Ubusushi bweka bweka mu PF
Iwe chi MGB just shut up and go plonk down somewhere. Leave people with brains speak….
This is a guy who embezzled client`s money.Lungu has no brains and does not believe in competition. He relies on crookedness. He says he is going to consult widely. What channel is he gonna use to consult widely when the deadline is tomorrow? What a retard!!!!
Edgar Lungu always appears to be either stoned or drunk. Anyway, this party is driving one more nail in their own coffin everyday.
PF being a party candidate doesnt not qualify you to be republican president. If you lose you all dont have jobs. Remember PF came from opposition and all MMD lost jobs
Don’t forget the legacy left by Sata-n
1. 90 days promise
2. huge cabinet
3. civil servants we still have a 2 year wage freeze
4. nurses we are still fired
5. dollar 4800 2011 now 6500
6. poor pipo subsidies are not there
7. Ten commandment rule but murders & stealing followed
8. sugar 2011 k8000 now k16000
9. 14b not recovered protected
10. post tax exemption while u pays twice the buying price of a smoking corolla as tax
11. kaseba had 1.5 illegal budget
12. fuel 8.87 now 10.63
13 property transfer tax 2011 3% now 10%
14 loadsheding will end 90 days now double including govt office which were never loadshded from kk time.
with such a cv pf out come January 20th
by the way the roads te ndalama shanyima its our money so not a plus
in my entire life,i have never envy GBM.he is a stupid pompous fool who thinks money is everything..respect is nothing to him,now asking a vote from who?
This game is over. It’s RB vs. HH. The winner by split point is HH.