New Hope Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Youths have vowed to petition the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party to expel its 3 Members of Parliament should they Vote for the bill 10 when Parliament resumes.
MMD National Youth Secretary Mr. Gregory Mofu in a statement this morning said that the position of the MMD was that the Bill 10 was not a priority.
“Our position on the Bill 10 is that it is not a priority and hence should be deferred. We have a number of pressing issues like the Corona Virus, Mealie Meal prices and the unplugged dollar exchange rate which need our full attention” Mr. Mofu said.
Mr. Mofu however said that there was nothing sinister about the three MMD MPs deciding to stay in Parliament when the UPND MPs walked out.
“We have noted how some sections of the media reported that our MPs decided to remain in the house during the bill 10 because they wanted to vote for it. There are a number of ways in which you can show that you are not in agreement with your colleagues’ view. The first was by walking out like what the UPND did and also by remaining and arguing your points like what our MPs did”, Mr. Mofu said.
Mr. Mofu said that should the MPs disobey the Party’s stance by voting for bill 10, MMD Youths will petition the NEC to expel them from the Party.
“All the three MPs who include Howard Kunda, Peter Phiri and Maxwell Kabanda know our Party’s position and should they disobey that, we the Youth Wing will petition our Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) to immediately expel our 3 MPs for insubordination”, Our party must be united in both purpose and action, Mr. Mofu warned.
I hope the mmd can resolve their internal squabble because at this point Zambia has no opposition. Very sad.
I have just read the article or rather fake news posted by Zambia watchdog alleging that I beat up some pf provincial official at Chicago’s last night and that I threatened to shoot him. That is funny when I was at home with my family at the same time. Anyway I am sure I have many imaginary clones. I was not drinking last night. If anything I am drinking today in kafue. So if you seem me approach me and I will get you a free drink.
Kz
Director of higher intelligence in OP
What has happened to MMD youth wing, ninshi when bowboy left anatengela kumozi nabu mmd diehard? Every time I hear mmd youth I remember how they by aired that guy.
Viruses have eaten up these opposition political parties.
Interesting…seems this bill is causing divisions. Whose next ? Only tym will tell
The Court’s transfer of MMD’s Presidency to Pasteur Nevers Mumba entailed the final phase leading to the inevitable eclipse of the Multiparty Democracy Party (MMD) in this country. What brand of political intelligence was Rev. Mumba displaying when he sprang up to attach former President Rupiah Banda? He exhibited hatred for a President who offered him a rare position of Ambassador to Canada – after having been fired as Vice President by the Late President Mwanawasa. This time some weird MMD Youths are threatening to expel ORIGINAL MMD MPs. Has Mumba reflected on why Prof. Lungwangwa, Dr. Musokotwane, Dr. Chituwo switched to UPND?
Seems bill 10 is a divisive bill. Set emotions aside engage your MP’S and approach the bill issue cautiously and objectively examining each clause and the impact it will have.
The reason there is mistrust is because PF has more members and so when the MPs start to vote on the various clauses in Bill 10, PF because of their numbers, will win, meaning the whole Bill with it’s various retrogressive clauses risks becoming law.
This is the fear well meaning Zambians have, the same fear UPND members have, I’m afraid of the same too.
The fear we have is compounded by the fact that no PF member not one single one has categorically stated the clauses that are bad apart from the deputy ministers one.
A gold plated turd is still a turd.
Its always sad to see young people get excited about a thing like bill 10. The challenge in Z is that our history is never documented by ourselves. But us who have seen it will tell you that this is not knew. KK when in power changed the consititution to suit his needs. The kapwepwes, nkhumbulas were dribbled. Chiluba changed the constitution to suit him (& blocked KK) when he saw he could lose power in 1994. He even introduced hand picking succesor. Today EL wants an advantage because 2021 does not look good for him. In future, whoever will take over will also do similar tricks. So drink your coffee & fight your wars intelligently.