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PF SG Davies Chama Condems Mtendere Violence

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President Edgar Lungu chat with PF Secretary General Davies Chama at the lunch of PF Campaign in the Heroes Stadium
President Edgar Lungu chat with PF Secretary General Davies Chama at the lunch of PF Campaign in the Heroes Stadium

PF SECRETARY GENERAL DAVIES CHAMA CONDEMNS MTENDERE VIOLENCE

9th August 2016, Lusaka–we wish to strongly condemn the political violence that took place in Mtendere Township yesterday (Monday 8th August).

The PF is treating this matter very seriously and we hope the police can get to the bottom of the senseless inter-party fights as soon as possible, as we independently alongside conduct a separate investigation.

We understand that people dressed in PF regalia were involved in the attack that was waged on some cadres dressed in UPND regalia that were conducting their campaigns in Mtendere.

Allow us to say for the record that time and time again, President Edgar Lungu has publicly condemned violence, signed an ECZ PEACE ACCORD and attended prayers aimed at calming the pre-election and post-election violence, even when others have not.

Therefore it is with the same disdain and contempt President Lungu has openly and sincerely shown against violence that we call for action on the perpetrators of this current wave of violence.

We also understand that at a time like this, sympathisers of different parties have a tendency of getting excited as they try to protect their so called ‘own turf.’

We therefore call for all parties running in this election to avoid deliberately taking action that has a potential to incite violence due to what is widely seen as provocation.

Do not provoke others, stay in your corner and do your campaign peacefully, the votes will still listen to you.

And indeed to our election observer missions in Zambia currently. The PF is the only major party that publicly denounces violence, signs peace accords and signs peace accords because President Lungu resents violence.

Our party will do anything, including handing over to the police anyone found promoting violence regardless of party affiliation. We resent law breakers.

I therefore ask our members to embrace diversity in political expression. It is part of the political pluralism we embrace. Please refrain from violence even in the face of extreme provocation.

We also ask the visiting election observers to be alive to the fact that out of desperation, some opposition parties have decided to fan violence so that they can scream foul if they lose again.

President Lungu, however, insists on maintaining peaceful and unity. Zambia is not violent nation.

As a peace-loving political party, the Patriotic Front would like to urge Zambians to ignore calls from so called leaders who ask them to shed blood but they jealously guard their own blood. Elections will come and go and we will remain brothers and sisters.

President Lungu has clearly demonstrated that the infra structure development roll out, the largest since independence the PF is riding on will win him the polls, not desperation bred by perennial loss of presidential elections.

We fully understand the opposition’s desperation but we also fully appreciate the importance of national peace.

56 COMMENTS

  1. Davies chama to quite Now ? 2 days from your BANDIT THUGS TO GO. 18 months under lungu both Pf bandits ministers bandits already millionaires . 5 more years under this BANDITS Zambians will be refugees

    • What a fallacy of these buffoonery & tribalistic Davies Chama.
      Like I have always said, never believe what the heck PF yaps’, its all lies based on their ’90 Days Donchi Kubeba’ pathological lies.
      Its this same tribal Chama & visionless Lungu sending these PF batches of criminals to cause all the havoc with violence across the country. Surely Davies Chama is just yapping after sending those PF thugs parading in Police uniforms to cause anarchy!
      The evidence of notability for buffoonery Chama & Chikwanda’s corruption of abusing tax payers monies for their gluttonous purposes is overwhelming.
      2 days left Davies Chama, I’m too inquisitive to know where you will scamper to after 11~8 lol.
      Viva HH, Viva Forward & Viva UPND.
      Chama is smelling the aromas of blossoming Tsunami…

    • …which is in 2 days about to kick the visionless, violent & corrupt tribalistic PF bandits into a political incapacitation.
      Viva HH, Viva Forward & Viva UPND.
      Vote Wisely for HH Forward, a great change to the best economic prosperity.
      The Skeleton Key
      ~206~
      Forget Bandits like Chama with visionless PF of Lungu who ran away from the Presidential Political Debate in preference to dancing Dununa Reverse on Mumbi Phiri et al..

    • ‘We also ask the visiting election observers to be alive to the fact that out of desperation, some opposition parties have decided to fan violence so that they can scream foul if they lose again’…..USELESS Chama, who do you think can believe your ignorance.

      PF will be history in a few days from now.

    • WHY IS IT THAT IT IS ONLY AT AND DURING THE RALLIES OF UPND THAT THERE’S ALWAYS VIOLENCE? ECL HAS BEEN CONDUCTING IMPRESSIVELY HUGE RALLIES BUT WITH NO VIOLENCE. HOWEVER, WHENEVER CHITOMBWA CONDUCTS A RALLY, THERE’S MOSTLY IF NOT ALWAYS, VIOLENCE. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING TERRIBLY WRONG AND UNTOWARD THE UPND LEADERS INCITE.

    • Chama, you are talking to intelligent adults here. PF attacked the other camp. It does not matter what you say now, since you only have two more days to disappear and pay back the money you are stealing for the pf campaigns.

    • Please bloggers stop this premature ejaculation, UPND and HH will not win this election. There are far from it because we don’t have an alternative to PF. Millions will vote ELC and this will be witnessed before monday next week

    • It is only people like you Dead, who do not have an alternative, since you are personally part of stealing the public resources through contracts you are awarded.

    • Peter it is because your stup!d PF cadres always follow UPND and that is why there is always violence at UPND gatherings. How dull are you?

    • This articles sounds like written by Katuka, or FDD sg, not Davies Chama. Chama is humbled. These are statements write in a fair welcome speeches.

    • Fellow Zambians let’s save our country from this thuggery but voting PF out on Thursday. God forbid if Lungu had to win, more pipo would be killed, we see even on Facebook how seemingly decent carders have pingilad to those who they think are anti-PF. Don’t wait wait until it’s your relative who gets killed by these thugs. Please do your part to save our country from PF-induced poverty and thuggery.

  2. BANDIT chama what happened to BA LUNGU during the presidential debate ? 3 debates Pf chickens out .How DULL have we become for a seating president sacred been asked questions . 48hours BYE BYE bandits Pf

    • And Lungu also dodged a scheduled BBC interview a few months ago. During the one international interview Lungu attended, he talked about who he “drinks with and doesn’t drink with” (describing his relationship with Guy Scott).

  3. ….why is he saying…people dressed in PF regalia..instead of saying ..our cadres…political violence..??..when the video is very clear that PF cadres were the ones attacking the other group…..what was the essence of national prayers…its obvious the PF cadres were instructed by senior PF guys wth the knowledge and approval of Chama himself, Mumbi phiri and the state house….if HH is asked what very first thing he will do wen elected president is to fire Kanganja and authority to put him under house arrest….

    • Because of operation watermelon! The other time Charlotte Scott staged buying of voter’s cards to discredit Mwanakatwe and to prepare fertile ground for disputing results in case she loses!

    • I hope that now you understand the implications of the useless “Watermelon Strategy”. How do we know it was PF?

  4. As they say like father like son. Lungu used violent means to ascend to the PF Presidency. Once elected State President Lungu wasted no time in recruiting PF Youth and forming PF Militias who were infiltrated into govt institutions like ZRA, ZAF, ZPS etc. Now these PF thugs are law unto themselves. They are interfering with ZAF,ZPS etc operations.The blame for all this violence and lawlessness lies squarely on Lungu’s shoulders. He recruited,armed and financed the likes of Max Chongo and his gang and now they are a menace within PF itself. The only way to eradicate violence which is mostly by PF thugs is to vote out Violent Chakolwa Lungu on August 11th without fail. Vote for HH and UPND so that Zambia can move forward once again.

  5. Upnd in mtendere were not campaigning but went there to mock people that the prophet has told them hh will win the election so Pf should stop campaigning for Ecl. Kikii and they ended up receiving the share of their request though a sorry site to see.

    Vote wisELy. Don’t vote vote fullisHHly. Few hours left.

    • I can’t wait to see gullible people like you. We shall investigate and trace you and other minions. We shall smoke you out of your bat infested holes and expose you. Here you write under a pseudonym and think you are safe but we will find you and expose you. The money you are eating in the foreign service will dray out and your bellies will run hungry.

  6. What value is violence adding to PF popularity? Chama please cut the clap and put those criminals behind bars where they belong. Stop putting up fences. ‘Bishop’ Banda, is it again back to the knees? Certainly your house of pLayers must get back to pLay with ECL. . Your faith without action, to me, is yielding nothing.

  7. Ba Chama Party yenu yaonaula ichalo chesu. Sata unwine uwapangile party talefwaya bloodshed. Imwe bamukukulu mushele you have no feelings for Zambian people, all you want kuisekesha mweka. Lesa alamona fyonse ifile chitika enough is enough.

  8. The tenor and effect of Davies Chama’s statement confirms that what happened yesterday in Mtendere was an act of PF sponsored violence. How on earth can Chama suggest that the UPND had it coming for venturing into what he views as a PF stronghold? Anyway, it would be expecting too much for a hardcore ‘tribalist’ like Davies to take ownership of the barbarism the whole world witnessed in Mtendere.

  9. Is the so called SG condemning the act of violence perpetrated by his party or is defending them. The heading of this article is deceiving!

  10. Very unfortunate. This is uncalled for. Why, why?

    Too many kombonis in Lusaka!

    Ba PF no need of violence, why not talk issues to convince people?

  11. imbecvile..useless condemnation after killing someone..we shall demand that those pfg thuigs are killed too

  12. I read comments of many frustrated persons, who want to put HH and his team in Plot 1. If wishes were horses even beggars could ride —— BUT NOW Lungu is the man. Hate Him or Love Him. NI PF chabe————————-

  13. This is the reason all reasonable Zambians are patiently waiting to boot PF out come the 11th August….you had the mandate and resources to run the country diligently but you failed!

  14. Sorry that even when PF sympathiser Lusaka Times reports now, the comments are still against the Rubbish PF. Please PF sympathisers, read all the comments above and see how many are for you in your own paper. If I were you, I would get the message but since you are so dull, you can not read the writing on the wall. Shame on you

  15. ALL WE CAN HOPE IS THAT UPND KEEP CALM AND DO NOT SEEK REVENGE. THE ONLY WAY WE SHOULD SEEK REVENGE IS BY VOTING OUT PF AT THE BALLOT BOX.

  16. If Lungu was voted by raising Pangas at the convention what do you expect from Chama? The only solution is to remove this party out.
    What do we expect if we vote this party back in government?

  17. Indeed thats what we call leadership……Thanks for being a patriotic Zambian.
    Word of advice: PLZ ignore the insults……just focus on whats coming ahead of you.
    You have the great task to lead this country.

    God bless Zambia

  18. “We fully understand the opposition’s desperation but we also fully appreciate the importance of national peace.”

    Mr. Chama, Sir. No need to bring the opposition into waht started as a good statement. There is footage on the internet of the PF clad bandits attacking their UPND brothers and sisters.

    Well done anyhow for calling upon the Police to act and as you say regardless of political affiliation.

  19. People of Zambia don’t be deceived that this was violence by PF. This is pure water melon system. This was stage managed by UPND and they know it. Why do I say so?
    1. There has been relatively peace in all campaigns, more even after HH’s letter to UN etal. So to show the world that his letter is authentic something in line of his claims should happen.
    2. Who filmed the video which has gone viral. How did that person know that this incident will take place. The normal thing people do when theres violence is to run away.
    3. Why did the drive of the bus stop instead of keeping driving to move away from stones being thrown.

    • Several people filmed it pa phone ci kala, savages throwing rocks like monkeys while the bus is trying to reverse to safety. Do you need instructions to see the video?

  20. I cant take you seriously ba Chama especially that you have a record of discharging a firearm on auarmed opposition supporters. Ubu bupumbu mulecita. You cannot kill people you are ruling just to stick to power. We pray to our Good Lord to come to our aid and deal with these criminals who are so uncivilised. God we are down on our knees.

  21. Niba watermelon.Watermelon nomba mwamona.U wear PF meanwhile u’re UPND.It was a game plan by watermelons.It was not PF.Viva PF

  22. Cont.
    4. UPND has a reasonably strong presence in Mtendere and its easier to carry out any operation they want.
    5. The police delaying in intervening in the fracas. Could this be the same police officers who appeared in the Post Newspaper supporting UPND. The incident happened very close to the police station and with the recent directives to Police officers to deal with violence regardless of who is involved in, this was a golden opportunity for them to show that but Mtendere being part of the UPND strong areas in Lusaka anything anything can happen there. ABASH TO VIOLENCE AND BRAVO TO PEACE. GOD BLESS ZAMBIA.

  23. God cannot be mocked….he who sows to the wind reaps the whirlwind. God is this Thursday throwing out PF Lungu.

    My advice to UPND is now to secure their voters cards and NRC. This video is enough campaign material for you. Broadcast it on all media and let the viewers prove the violent and cunning person Lungu is.

  24. Please stop these road campaigns they are just disturbing to traffic and peace because they are all hired and drank. All parties must stick to rallies not road drives. We are interested in peace not killings.

  25. Iwe Gumu gumu Chama what are you talking about when you shot someone in mulobezi also. It’s you and your Chagwa who sent those PF thugs to attack the UPND campaign team in mtendere. What prayers are you referring to you devils. You are going to reap for these sins.

  26. 6. HH was on hand to twit on the matter and is twit is on BBC. Someone has to convince me otherwise this is purely Operation Watermelon.
    Every Political Party in Zambia is a potential ruling party especially UPND so why want destroy the people you love. It shouldn’t be a must that HH should become president but UPND should be voted into power regardless of who the president of the part is. We have to take our politics to party manifesto not individuals. Political Parties should begin raising campaign funds and not rely on individuals wealthy because we are ending up with people with money but have no leadership qualities whilst people with good leadership qualities are shanted.

  27. It was UPND who stage managed the attack spear headed by the old wizard from Malawi ka William Banda. These people will do anything even kill each other to get to plot 1.

  28. Komboni people the politicians use you because you do not think. Was HH, Charlotte Scott, Nalumango, GBM and all the big guns in UPND there. You will get killed, it will be your families to suffer.

  29. scrutinizerer why is he saying…people dressed in PF regalia..instead of saying ..our cadres…political violence..?? Because there is watermelon. This can be purely Operation Watermelon.

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