Southern Province Patriotic Front Chairman Charles Hamududu has with immediate effect lifted the suspension of Livingstone Central Member of Parliament Lawrence Evans.Mr. Hamududu has also indefinitely suspended all grassroots PF elections in Southern Province in order to bring unity in the party before holding the elections.
On Friday, just upon the arrival of President Lungu at the Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport, Mr Evans, the only PF parliamentarian in Southern Province was handed his suspension in front of Justice minister Ngosa Simbyakula, Southern Province minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu and other senior government officials.
Mr. Hamududu said the party leadership in the province is working hard to end wrangles in the ruling party which has seen the creation of parallel structures in some areas.
Over the weekend Patriotic Front cadres in Livingstone clashed and left the constituency chairman Chrispin Sakala injured following the suspension of Livingstone MP Evans Lawrence from the party.The cadres clashed at the premises of Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation where Mr. Sakala and his team went to issue a statement over the suspension of Mr Evans.
Both the police and PF district chairman Geoffrey Kampamba confirmed the development to the Sunday Nation in Livingstone.
He explained that Mr. Sakala was severely beaten when he went to ZNBC to issue the statement suspending Mr Evans and that his attackers were known PF youths supporting the Livingstone parliamentarian.Mr. Kampamba explained that as Mr. Sakala was trying to prepare himself to appear on TV,a group of youths stormed the premises and beat up Mr. Sakala while those who escorted him fled the scene.
He said that the youths were organized and hired by the aggrieved officials who felt the suspension of Mr Evans was not sanctioned by the leadership in the region.Mr. Kampamba said that Mr. Sakala knew his attackers adding that the matter had since been reported to the Livingstone central police.He explained that Mr. Sakala was taken to the hospital soon after he was attacked and that the people who assaulted him were drunk.
Meanwhile Livingstone Central Member of Parliament Lawrence Evans says no one will hound him out of the Patriotic Front -PF- for selfish reasons because he is in good standing with the party at all levels.Mr. Evans said the PF started well in the province by winning one seat at parliamentary level from which it should build on to have more seats.He said those who want his seat should use the right procedure than attempting to find fault in him.Mr. Evans told ZNBC in Livingstone that those trying to find fault in him will fail because he has done his best to help build the party.Southern Province Minister Nathaniel Mubukwanu has called for discipline among PF members in the province as the party keeps growing.Mr. Mubukwanu says PF members should unite and also welcome new members to allow the party grow in the province.
PF Media and Publicity Director Brian Hapunda has also strongly condemned the on-going wrangles in the Livingstone District PF structures.Mr. Hapunda said the indiscipline being exhibited by some party leaders in the district has saddened the PF national leadership and that it must come to an end.He told ZNBC News in an interview in Livingstone on Sunday morning that the national party leadership will not tolerate undisciplined party members.
On Saturday, PF constituency and district leaders exchanged blows in ZNBC newsroom following the announcement that area Member of Parliament Lawrence Evans has been suspended from the party.
Those are kabimbas men hiding in PF shirts!
The only Party whose cadres fight among themselves! Kabimba was right, as SG for PF he said PF was the most indisciplined and tribal party in the history of Zambia. Pandas, mock coffins and all. Pathetic Failures
Why is ZNBC so vulnerable?
Anyone can go in at will anytime they wish.
This is a national security concern. We need to do something to make sure that people can only patronise these premises on invitation.
Sell the darn thing!
That’s all that they know this Panga Family. Fighting and fighting!!!
WHY IS THE CHINESE ARMY IN SUDAN???
Jungle party,even animals behave better than these baboons.
Very sad that the once adorable party in undergoing such. One thing for sure is that the good seeds have left this party and it is a shell that is attracting riff-raffs. Those that are left are either trying to protect their jobs or try to get appointed and these are the ones you will see where ever Edgar Lungu goes. The president will surely not resolve this if the founder president failed to, what more the self confessed vision less leader. One thing i know for sure is that the Livingstone law maker is not liked by the current president, i understand that he was about a month and half ago blocked from entering State House when the president was meeting Livingstone City lawmakers.
Backwards and forward. SATA can be missed in such cases. These guys don’t have a clue what they are doing. Where is Scott, Muzungu wopusa who at the very least had some sort of direction? Ati Ba President! Is this guy not just a drunkard?