A member of the opposition FDD on the Copperbelt has urged Edith Nawakwi to step down as party President.
FDD Copperbelt Provincial Coordinator N’shingebuka Shyamenda says the continued stay of Ms. Nawakwi in the office as FDD Leader is illegal.
Mr. Shyamenda says Ms. Nawakwi has already served two five year terms in office as FDD leader and should therefore vacate office.
Mr. Shyamenda has told Znbc News in a walk in interview that Ms. Nawakwi’s stay in office is at variance with Article 13 (2) of the FDD constitution.
He says the FDD constitution does not allow the party leader to be in office for more than two terms.
Mr. Shyamenda has since given Ms. NAWAKWI fourteen days in which to vacate the FDD Presidency to pave way for a National convention.
But FDD Copper belt Chairperson Mobilization Chairperson Yotam Mutayachalo says the view of Mr. Shyamenda does not represent party members on the Copper belt.
However, Mr. Mutayachalo says FDD Executive committee members on the Copperbelt will soon meet to discuss the constitution issues raised by its member.
Mr. Mutayachalo is however optimistic that the FDD will hold its National convention before the 2016 General elections.
He says party leader Edith Nawakwi has indicated that she is ready to go for a party convention where she will re-contest her position.
2016 vote PF ( Edgar )
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Ok one paid individual asks Nawakwi to step down -#yawn
iyi imbwa yabwela?
Chicken voting for a headless Christmas!
Go back and stand in the queue. God missed you in the line first time around when he was giving out brains!
He told Z.N.B.C. in the walk in interview. This is trush. Why go to ZNBC instead of talking to Mrs. Nawakwi? Useless news. But this is Z.N.B.C. news zoona.
So most of the noise from this mayo is for her own benefit to continue as FDD party president. Now we understand why she has been movious and so noisy recently!
Dora gunnered more votes from petauke constituency alone than what Edith got national wide. Why keep such a leader. Does she want to beat hh in failure.
She has not wont a bigger chunk in Parliament yet until she does so let her be…..Politics you push until you reap somewhere
Well, none of the Zambian Political parties respect their party constitutions. MMD if full of “anonymously”. PF same, UPND “only a Tonga can be UPND president”. No convention after so many defeats some parties and when they do the word anonymously comes in to play. We all talk of Democracy but charity should begin at the party level.
If Nawakwi was a man….she could have ruled this country one day
“However, Mr. Mutayachalo says FDD Executive committee members on the Copperbelt will soon meet to discuss the constitution issues raised by its member.”
SO, YOU GUYS YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW YOUR CONSTITUTION? THIS IS WHEN YOU WANT TO STUDY IT. THE QUESTION IS, IS THE SPEAKER LYING ABOUT THE TWO TERM IN OFFICE STAY?