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High Court throws out Felix Mutati’s injunction-MMD

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Felix Mutati

The MMD says the High Court has thrown out the injunction sought by expelled Lunte MP Felix Mutati.

In a statement by the Party’s media team, the Party said the action by the High Court was a confirmation that Mr Mutati was no longer a member of the former ruling party.

“The MMD wishes to confirm that the High Court of Zambia has thrown out the injunction sought by expelled Lunte Member of Parliament Felix Mutati. This means that Mr Mutati is not a member of the MMD.

“The New MMD wishes to state that we do not delight in expelling any well meaning member of the party. The case of Mr Mutati was indeed an extreme case of misconduct by the former MP after his readmission to the party,” part of the statement.

“There is an erroneous perception that Mr Mutati was expelled for calling for a convention. This can never be so further away from the truth. The New MMD is never afraid to discuss any topical idea. The convention was discussed extensively at its NEC held on Jan 30 and a decision taken. Mr Mutati was expelled for gross misconduct relating to destabilising the Party, while maintaining dual membership.

“Mr Mutati appears to have had a problem to come to terms with his defeat by Dr Mumba in the 2012 convention. He has spared no moment nor breath to paint the Mumba leadership as incompetent. This is unfortunate indeed,” further reads the statement.

Mr Mutati who is one of the of the people who stood and lost to Dr Mumba for the Party Presidency in 2012 was first expelled for leading the rebellion of MPs who supported UPND in the January presidential polls and later forgiven and readmitted in the party after the elections an allegation he has since clarified saying it was Dr Mumba who initiated the contact between the two parties.

He was however, expelled again on 30th January 2016 for gross indiscipline as he was accused of appearing on the 2016 UPND calendar a charge he refused to accept saying he was not a member of UPND and that his lawyer had instructed the publisher to remove the calendar from the market.

Mutati is one of the MPs who have taken the former ruling party to the Constitutional Court seeking determination or whether the party should go for a convention or not.

The continued squabbles in the party has seen 12 MPs endorse the candidature of UPND President Hakainde Hichilema in the forthcoming elections while Mr Mutati has continued to mobilize his supporters around the country.

10 COMMENTS

  1. GOOD FOR NOTHING MUTATI. NOW, PF MUST MAKE SURE THAT HE LOSES HIS LUNTE SIT. LUNTE IS A BEAUTIFUL CHIEFDOM BUT HE HAS DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THE PLACE APART FROM MAYBE JUST BRIBING THE ELECTORATE TO RETAIN HIM. APART FROM THE GOVERNMENTAL PROJECTS OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION (LUWINGU-KASAMA ROAD), LUNTE WOULD BE NOTHING. IN SHORT THE MAN IS NOT ADDING VALUE TO THE CONSTITUENCY. HE MUST BE VOTED OUT, NOW. THE CHAP WANTS TO EAT NOT ONLY WITH BOTH HIS HANDS BUT EVEN WITH HIS FEET.

  2. Mutati, We have a position for u in UPND after all you have always been UPND , so make the move now and stop wasting money on cort injunctions on this Defunct MMD it will take you nowhere.

    U are most welcome

    VIVA forward…. Ni forward chabe

  3. The end of the road for mutati politically. He just need to do some monkey jump to updn so that he can continue in the opposition forever. Maybe he can win presidency in Upnd once they call for their first ever convention.

  4. Felix Mutati is one of the few leaders with integrity remaining. When he speaks, he is well balanced and uses the head to think and not the stomach. He is humble and articulate. He is a wise man who unifies people without greedy. Other politicians are right now concealing their identities to the electorate by jumping to other parties meaning carrying their failures along them. This country will never and can not develop with such mentality. Brothers and sisters it’s time to support people with progressive ideas and not failures. Let’s reject this butch of fools with no heart of building foundation for the future generations. I mean self centered people who think are the only ones who need to go to parliament. NO!

  5. I personally come from lunte. This man has literally done nothing for our area but has only been busy putting up fights he has always been loosing. Good redance.

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