Suspended MMD National Spokesperson Raphael Nakacinda says it will be a great embarrassment not only for the leaders of the former ruling party but the nation as a whole to watch the MMD’s demise.
Mr Nakacinda said as the mother of democracy in the country letting the MMD go into oblivion would be like burying the nation’s symbol of democracy and multi-partism and that it would be an embarrassment to the nation as the party is viewed as a mother of democracy not only in the country but in the region as well.
He said the country should not allow the party to die and that it was incumbent upon the people who sacrificed for the country’s democracy to fight for the survival of of the MMD and avoid the fate of ending up in the dust bin of history such as that of UNIP.
“We are headed for a greater embarrassment not only as leaders of an organization but as a country to witness the demise of MMD. This Party was a leader in bringing democracy to Southern Africa therefore, it is not only considered to be the mother of democracy in the country but in the region as well so it would be a great embarrassment and a grave mistake for us as leaders in the party and the nation at large if we are to let this party go into oblivion.
“We earned respect world wide for peacefully and graciously handing over power when we lost in 2011 so the onus is on us as leaders to fight for the political space that we created for others and ensure that we rebuild our party to the levels of acceptance by the Zambia people and ensure that we return power one day, it might not be in the coming election but we can do it after all the people of Zambia know what we are capable of,” he said.
And Mr Nakacinda a leader of a democratic institution like MMD should be preoccupied with dailogue on how to move the party forward as opposed to squables with those considered to be his enemies.
He said the challenges in the party will not be resolved by the courts but by members of the party whom he said should seat down and discuss regardless of the difference in positions on certain issues inolving the party.
“Solving issues through court process, injunctions and reporting people to the police may only make you feel good temporally but it doesn’t solve the full equation. In 2015 what we feared happened, we proceeded to report people to the police, we went to court and to some extent ended up with what we celebrated, the Supreme Court ruling but what we end up was an embarrassing lose barely three years after being in power. The court ruling did not amount or produce votes what it only did was produce political disaster, it is only a fool” continued Mr Nakacinda, “who would do the same things over and over and expect different results.”
Mr Nakacinda said this when some IPU delegates who were in the country to attend the IPU conference called on him to inquire about some of the challenges the party was facing.
The delegates choose to remain anonymous so as not to be seen to be interfering in the country’s politics.
Well, man of gold is the catalyst to MMD’s death
The auditorium is full. Nevers, Felix: Let the games begin!!
Well come to the UNIP era!
There is a lot of arrogance in the leadership of our mighty party MMD, those challenging the Holy man of God and the holy of God himself feels he is untouchable. These attributes will just make things very difficult for our party. Now PF may not be willing to form a pact any longer…
The members of the MMD, me being one in the past allowed first Banda then Nevas to destroy the MMD party. We should have insisted that we kick Nevas out because in the first place he was never a MMD supporter. He weedled his way in and was made vice president, Mwanawasa fired him because he almost brought war between Congo and Zambia with his utterances. Band send him to Canada as ambassador and if I am not mistaken he is supposed to have a case concerning funds. So we let him destroy the party and now he wants an alliance with the people that booted us out of power. Under a strong leader, the MMD were going to be the major opposition against PF.
I liked Dr Harrison Kabwe’s blog article written in 2014 titled ‘DR NEVERS MUMBA: A LIFE OF BETRAYALS ‘ (Lusaka Times 20/11/14) and I quote:
“Throughout his life, Mumba seems not to think twice on who he betrays. The list of betrayals is long;
1. betrayal of his fiancee
2. betrayal of the white woman who accommodated him
3. betrayal of members of Victory Ministries whom he abandoned
4.betrayal of his religious protege Frederick Chiluba when he formed NCC
5. betrayal of NCC members when he joined the MMD, betrayal of Mwanawasa when he acted as president 6. betrayal of his mistress with him he had an illegitimate child and
7. betrayal of the Zambia Shall Be Saved ministries.”
A REAL JUDAS ISCARIOT.
Well, this is what happens when individuals egos are allowed to rise above wishes of the masses. Its bad enough that MMD’s core ideology i.e. to usher in a multi-party system in Zambia, is no longer relevant because there is now multi-party in Zambia. So, all what individual egos now do is to compound the problem of MMD’s relevance.
Shear waste of time to continue talking about a dead party (MMD ). 11/ 8 race is between UPND and PF, just belong to one of the two.
Don’t worry it will just die without disappearing into oblivion