By SUNDAY CHANDA, PF INFORMATION COMMITTEE
It is unacceptable for the United Party for National Development (UPND) to think they own the people in Southern Province to the point of blocking or threatening violence against other political parties. We put it to the UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to take full responsibility of the violent attacks which where a threat on the life of His Excellency President Edgar Chagwa Lungu and his entourage by UPND thugs. The violence by UPND in Bweengwa is a serious risk to national security especially that the Head of State was in the area and those UPND thugs must be brought to book. This can only compare to the ANC violence when the likes of late Mainza Chona was almost axed to death in Choma for being UNIP. UPND has become the re-incarnation of that ANC and founding President Kenneth Kaunda took a decision to ban ANC.
PF demands that Mr Hichilema exhibits leadership by going for principle if at all he has any, to condemn violence within UPND, and not going for the expedience of condoning violence within UPND because it suits him, and only crying foul if or when the converse is true. It is a failure to provide leadership by UPND leader Hichilema if he cannot take full responsibility for the Bweengwa violence. One asks the plausible question, “is this the reception Mr. Hichilema seeks to be treated with as he tours other parts of the country?”. He must remember that while President Lungu has directed against any violent attacks by PF members and the membership has obliged, Mr. Hichilema’s UPND must not push the PF and Zambians too far with their violence.
It is a shame that over 24hrs have passed since the UPND orchestrated violence happened and Mr. Hichilema has not condemned the lawlessness by his party. If Mr. Hichilema was a statesman, he should have condemned the violent attacks in Bweengwa by now. We wish to remind him that after he was attacked at Moba Hotel in Kitwe, President Lungu ordered that perpetrators be brought to book irrespective of their standing in the ruling PF. That is what being a statesman entails. That is what leadership is all about – principle and not expediency.
We demand that Mr. Hichilema gathers the courage to directly confront the violence and lawlessness in his own backyard before he tempts other parts of the country to give him the same bitter pill of violence which no peace-loving, and progressive Zambian wants to see. We have repeatedly warned Mr. Hichilema regarding the consequences of UPND’s treasured Mapatizya formula. To this day, UPND continues to celebrate this bloody formula and it is no coincidence that their members have no respect for human life going by the Bweengwa happenings of 13th February 2016.
We also recall how acrimonious Mr. Hichilema’s ascension to the position of UPND presidency was. Our hope was that UPND had repented from its blood-thirsty past.
PF calls on the Church, Civil Society, and Zambians at large to condemn the abduction of Government officers and those from the media fraternity immediately after President Lungu’s rally. This behaviour is only akin to terrorists globally and in being a democratic state, Zambia should not and will not promote this level of lawlessness.
Finally, in defending his political bedroom currently under siege, Mr. Hichilema must urge for civilised means. In this regard, we are calling on the Police Command to bring perpetrators to book, including taking decisive measures to guarantee national security. We hope that the rescue operation of abducted Government officials will lead to arrests and other tough measures by the Police. There is sufficient evidence, including video footage to assist in the arrest of these UPND thugs. Zambia is not a country at war and we refuse that UPND should unleash terror on this peaceful, blessed country – Zambia.
SUNDAY CHANDA, PF INFORMATION COMMITTEE
Sunday u are been too rubbish and stupid be warned your time to pack is now as we are taking over government in few months. Thugs belongs to PF not UPND
And yet your minion (HH) has embraced documented violent thugs like William Tekere. You see how politically inept the Under 5 serpent is
If any one knows these phone numbers could we please mobilize and persuade these people that their plans are evil and must be condemned in the strongest possible way.
Please read on……
READ AND UNDERSTAND WHAT SENIOR PF MEMBERS ARE GOSSIPING IN THEIR WHATSAPP GROUP WE INFILTRATED.
We have left the mobile numbers just incase you want to contact these people.
[12:52pm, 14/02/2016] +260 97 8981187: [14/02 07:27] +260 96 1984282: In monze town it was okay, but We were stoned along the way. But got police escort, Dc monze ‘s driver window was smashed, and a mini bus not sure from which district. Bane we should intimidate these guys in southern more, pantu to be honest we have lost the grip of Copperbelt, it’s now a UPND ground the best is for us to terrorise southern, pantu UPND…
Violence whether by the Ruling or Opposition Parties is unacceptable, backward, retrogressive, stone age, primitive, below the mark and should be addressed and resolved urgently with brains and not more violence. Rational Zambians are looking for parties who are able to resolve issues with intellect and not violence.
A massive vote for the PF will consign the apostles and high priests of division, malice and hate to their rightful place, the garbage heap of history.
In what capacity is Monday Chanda issuing this statement? I wish these PF dunderheads would fight inflation, corruption, joblessness etc with such zeal.
Even if it should be that PF are the ones who staged and planted this vice, UPND should step-up to the plate and shoulder the responsibility. It’s the mature thing to do.
@ Meimatungu
It is EXACTLY this type of “provocation” Hitler used to start WW2. PF with their Israeli “experts” are doing same thing. Russians invaded Afghanistan after creating same pretext, Americans invaded Granada doing same. Russians have name for it, “MASKIROVSKA” and they are using it now in Syria and Ukraine, Israel has been doing same in West Bank.
You say “…UPND should step-up to the plate and shoulder the responsibility. It’s the mature thing to do…”
You are WRONG, it is YOUR humble, visionary and anointed leader and his gang of 40 criminals which are creating unrest and are terrorizing people.
Sunday who did you put it to when cadres blocked the plane from landing in Ndola? Who did you put on the sport for the violence we have witnessed in Lusaka West were cadres have continued to threat people on their land under title? Who do you blame when PF cadres come out with pangas on the street? Surely there is something more than the eye meets in this case. Are you looking for a reason to arrest someone on something well calculated?
Hadolf Hitler (HH) is nothing but a bitter Under 5 foo1 who stole money and continues trying to use satamic means to enter state house. What a pathetic demon
Sunday Chanda, who is the current President of Zambia? Who is in charge of security? HH?
Lungu should not only “take responsibility”.
HE IS THE ONE RESPONSIBLE!
Unless he is a clueless clown that does not know how to do the job?
Only the last paragraph without the first sentence is what Zambians are waiting for so that we can nib this violence in the bud and such action must be sustained from there on regardless of party and place involved because double standards breed injustice and are a recipe for more violence. I just wonder whether these violent acts are being done in collusion with government because such serious breaches of peace and national security are taking too long to hear of arrests and prosecutions in this day and era of advanced technology.For example the UNZA and CBU rioters-no one has been charged despite seeing some students with confiscated police paraphernalia in pictures!! Now these so called UPND cadres who can not be arrested for kidnapping and holding hostage government officials-days…
READ AND UNDERSTAND WHAT SENIOR PF MEMBERS ARE GOSSIPING IN THEIR WHATSAPP GROUP WE INFILTRATED. continued
We have left the mobile numbers just incase you want to contact these people.
[12:52pm, 14/02/2016] +260 97 8981187: [14/02 07:27] +260 96 1984282: In monze town it was okay, but We were stoned along the way. But got police escort, Dc monze ‘s driver window was smashed, and a mini bus not sure from which district. Bane we should intimidate these guys in southern more, pantu to be honest we have lost the grip of Copperbelt, it’s now a UPND ground the best is for us to terrorise southern, pantu UPND taishile bwino, you can see when HH just drives through a town it’s like a rally what more if they are given a permit.
[14/02 07:29] +260 96 1984282: Complaints from other members…
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[14/02 07:29] +260 96 1984282: Complaints from other members from Choma on their way back from Namwala to interact with Kateka.
[14/02 07:29] +260 96 1984282: The only town which harbours uncivil thugs type of UPND Political members.
[14/02 07:29] +260 96 1984282: The police command in southern province receive a lot of hand outs from upnd snr officials…its like they are loyal to upnd …because just opening up a simple assault docate is impossible wat more political violence ..now if we in the rulling party are being attacked from all over by known pipo and they walk freely. ..who then will leave their homes to go and get attacked…personal car broken. .
[14/02 07:30] +260 96 1984282: WE NEED A STRATEGY ON HOW WE GONNA STOP THIS HENIOUS CRIME BY UPND IN SOUTHERN…
Where is the video footage? We all want to see it so that we “shame” HH. Its that simple.
Oh Sunday welcome back from your Frank imposed hiatus.
Comment: kuloleshafye!!
I’m not into politics but a concerned Zambian citizen.
Ba Sunday Chanda, while you demand HH to condemn the violence by “suspected UPND cadres” in Monze, it will also be good for you and the PF Leadership to strongly condemn the violence caused by “suspected PF cadres” in Ndola, Sinda, Mpika etc. None of these “suspected PF cadres” have been arrested up to now.
In the absence of concrete evidence, HH has already said if the attackers prove to be UPND cadres, he will deal with them decisively.
Both ECL and HH must strongly condemn their cadres’ violence and encourage them to maintain law and order for the peace of all Zambians. We need sustainable development NOT violence in our Country.
Mr Sunday Chanda, it shouldn’t be as one Zambian proverb puts it: “Chiwala galu kuluma…
UPND needs to renounce tribalism and that smelly attitude that ONLY A TONGA President can make Zambia a better place. Secondly everyone knows that HH is fighting a proxy war for Fred M’membe whom he meets at night to discuss how state power can be handed back to the cartel. HH and the cartel are desperate for power. The two latest Supreme Court judgements are clear and demonstrate how desperate M’membe is. HH wants any respect, he should stay away from thugs.
@ 8. Stop fighting an invisible ‘cartel’. Fight inflation, kwacha in free-fall, job losses, etc. That will earn PF our respect. Not the current cluelessness going around!
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[14/02 08:01] +260 96 1984282: Admins, convey message to CIA, this was a Political violence which should be tackled forthwith. Ignoring it will be spelling doom in that Province and how are we going to free campaign for PF with this 50+1 thing. This is the reason we get mockery votes because our people are intimidated, hence a few go out to work for the Party, a Ruling Party, a Party in govt.
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[14/02 08:23] +260 96 1984282: 50+1 is no a joke. Southern Province has close to a million votes. Depending how we respond to the violence complaints from our people, we will end up crying that in SP people don’t want us, when the many brave members are assaulted, suffer humiliation as a result of being PF, wearing PF regalia and we WATCHING…
# Silent Spectator peddling the ZWD gibberish?? Well done!
Luapula Premier there are phone numbers for you to phone and find out for yourself if this is gibberish. Let the owners of these phone numbers deny if they did not communicate the above on whatsapp. I rest my case.
This is the end of HH. He is losing popularity coz of the violence
The words “call upon…to condemn violence ” are becoming empty day by day when it comes to political violence in Z. They are empty words because those who make such appeals accross the board are actually the archtects of violence. It is a deadly political too of intimidation and it is always organized and sanctioned from the top. Who would dare to stop a plane at SMK airport or in Shiwangandu with bare hands without political sanctioning, and equally to smash those cars in Bweengwa without same sanctioning..Mumbwe ukulila ninshi pali uko ashintilile amatako.
So please just quietly deal with your cadres, depending on the commands you issue to them and do not bother us with the same empty appeals.
@Luapula Premier you are too old to be here. At 61 shikulu you were supposed to sleep not arguing with young ones here.
Things are not okay for you guys in pf try to change your strategy other wise you are doomed. Upnd has never been violent never and even reading at what chanda has written even a mad man can tell to say fyabufi. Upnd should be extra careful with these schemes pf is now trying to bring up.
Everyone knows upnd is in do or die stage. The good thing is that they are losing with a bigger margin which will silence them permanently.
@silent spectator people stopped visiting your defunct zwd because of such pettiness. Leave zwd own fabrication there. Those are upnd cadres numbers . I am from calling one ending 282 and I said kamwamba he replied kabotu. Kikiki. Stop deceiving people with upnd propaganda.
Sunday or Wednesday Chanda….you should feel ashamed as PF to demand HH to denounce violence when you and your Edgar Kabotolo have not even denounced violence where even a life is lost…..Shame PF
Let us be sensible you are dealing with voters and we are able to see hypocrisy with impunity
Viva HH Viva UPND
Even after this character was fired by Bwalya he is still issuing statements on behalf of the party, crazy!!! We are also waiting for the president to take responsibility for the attack on Ndola airport. A much more serious crime I would argue.
Lungu saw his caders beat up innocent people in Sinda and one person’s eye was gouged by the PF people, Lungu was very happy and never said a thing. Mumbi Phiri said on radio that others shouldn’t put on their political regalia, so they deseRved a beating. I wonder if most people that support PF are actually normal? From Edgar himself as president, he only sees violence when his party has been affected. What type of President is this that we have? Does he actully know what his caders are doing? Edgar Lungu is USELESS and has no balls to stop and if he’s not careful he leave this country in flames. Edgar should man up and be a President and stop this nonsense Zambian’s are Peaceful this culture is be given Fertilizer by the President. He must just see violence and not who started.
i dnt think if a peaceful loving person can like hh if u hate this country u can vote for hh if someone fails to condemn violence in his party , can honestly defend the the citizen from from the pepetrators? this country can b in a mess if hh becomes a president. plz ba upnd try to go for convention and change the party president
Even at tribalism tag that is ehst this stuuupid got does
Sunday Chanda are you still in zambia and alive? The few months that you have been quiet there has been peace in the city and zambia as a whole.
Please stop been foolish and useless, you look like you are educated and yet you act the opposite. Questions for you to answer 1 a few months ago we were told the vice presidents home was attacked, did you show the Zambians any pictures of that attack? Did we have any one who was in the home at that time says here iam i was attacked? Please show any pictures todate about this?
2 Did you show the same Zambians any pictures of Bweengwa any pictures even on your Deadnbc? For your own information as i write to you all of them have been released on bail.Sunday please don’t be a fool are sure that villagers today have become so powerful that they…
kuyabebele..am a man of few words,,,… was on the copperbelt recently awee sore ifintu nafikingya mwee.. gbm na lepaula banesu..