PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Chairperson for Elections Jean Kapata has challenged the people in Eastern province to vote overwhelmingly for President Edgar Lungu in next year’s general elections.
Ms Kapata who is Minister of Tourism and Arts said in Lundazi that the people must give President Lungu not just because he came from the province but because he was delivering according to the PF manifesto.
She urged the party members to continue mobilizing for voter registration as it had been extended until March next year.
“I am encouraging you to vote for President Lungu in next year’s elections,”Ms Kapata said.
And PF Chairperson for mobilization Charles Banda expressed happiness at the unity exhibited in Lundazi and said this was the best time to start planning and preparations for next year’s tripartite elections.
He told the meeting that included PF women affairs chairperson Esther Banda and Minister of General Election Dr John Phiri that if President Lungu assented to the new constitution, as he certainly would elections would be held on 11th August 2016 stating that there was little time left hence the urgent need to strategize.
The party officials who were drawn from Lumezi, Chasefu and Lundazi Central constituencies stated that the party was now much stronger after the removal of some members who they alleged were loyal to Rainbow party.
The officials thanked President Edgar Lungu for appointing Andrew Lubusha as the new provincial chairman replacing Attan Mwamba, who they alleged had failed to unite the party. As a result of positive changes in administration after the elections Lundazi district had recorded the highest number of registered voters in the province at 69,000 beating even Chipata, the provincial capital which had more constituencies.
It’s tit for tat, the tongas did it, why can’t eastern do the reciprocal?
The only thing about Jean Kapata is that she is half a notch better than Mumbi Phiri in her mental faculties.
chiti ntangombe. thats what the call it in southern province.
And Frank Bwalya says the PF has not started campaigning…
ITS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT ELECTIONS ARE IN AUGUST SO I CALL ON ALL THE OPPOSITION TO ANNOUNCE THEIR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND RUNNING MATES SO THAT COME JANUARY OR FEBRUARY THE DUST SETTLES FOR THOSE WHO WILL NOT BE PICKED AS RUNNING MATES.
@ 2016 For Zambia why opposition parties and not the ruling party? What business of yours that running mates should be announced before official announcement of commencement of campaigning? A question to ECZ why is the ruling party allowed to hold mobilization meetings freely yet the opposition can not be accorded the same playing field? That when it is PF holding meetings it is free of violence must open everybody’s eyes as to where violence springs from when opposition parties want to have their own mobilization meetings!
@FUMANCHU it could be the PF is following POA rules and the opposition are not.
Way to go mayo
Here you have it from the horse’s mouth. We thought the watchdog was lying last week when they reviewed that the elections will be on August 11. Here Lungu is campaigning through his wife and now through Jean but the opposition are not allowed to do so. PF is a lying party for sure
Eastern we are resolved to give ECL a landslide victory on merit going by the massive infrastructure development we have seen and not on tribal grounds as usually done by Southern province.
southern province is a hateful area, full of disgruntled citizens who stand for nothing but tribalism
The good roads,hospitals,dams,dip tanks,good agricultural policies etc could not be appreciated in Southern……is this normal ?
Here we go again.encouraging wako ni wako.if it was HH wat was going to be said?hypocrites get out
Duval boss are you saying Tongas will not do it? All we are saying is however much development is taken to south they will still vote HH. so lets also do it lozis vote milupi others vote lungu
Pure tribalism now has shifted to Eastern. People who knows who is going to win? Who tells you to judge before you vote? “DONCHI KUBEBA” Voting day is the secret, period. No one knows but God’s time is the best.