The Patriotic Front (PF) has challenged Fr. Emmanuel Chikoya to come out and openly declare his support for the opposition UPND.
PF Media Director Antonio Mwanza has charged that Fr. Chikoya is a UPND surrogate who is hiding in the name of Church to hoodwink Zambians that he stands for the truth.
Speaking at a media briefing in Lusaka today, Mr. Mwanza said the PF respects retired archbishop Tresphore Mpundu and Chief Mukuni who have openly told Zambians that they are UPND and he has since challenged Fr Chikoya to exercise his democratic right by also telling Zambians that he is a UPND supporter.
He has wondered why Fr. Chikoya who has never attended any national day of prayer and fasting commemorated on the 18th of October is today in the forefront organizing the day of prayers which they want President Lungu to attend.
The PF Media Director has since disclosed that the party will not allow President Lungu to attend the said day of prayers being organized by Fr Chikoya and his team because the event is simply organized to reduce the President and equate him to opposition political leaders.
“They want to reduce the President to some opposition political leaders to say that unless the head of state plays to the terms and conditions of the opposition leaders then they will never be peace in the country,” Mr. Mwanza said.
And Mr. Mwanza has further questioned Fr. Chikoya’s silence over the continued abrogation of the peace cord by the UPND who have continued on their path of violence and anarchy.
Meanwhile, Mr Mwanza has challenged the NGOCC who are also part of the team organizing the said national day of prayers to tell Zambians why they have remained quiet when women and mothers are being insulted by known political cadres.
“Who’s interest is NGOCC representing when they cannot defend the likes of Edith Nawakwi who is being insulted everyday by known political cadres from the opposition, ” he wondered.
“So we want to urge His Excellency the President to ignore the invitation from Fr Chikoya and his team because they don’t mean well and we don’t want the President to be going to a gathering of wolves in sheep’s skin,” Mr Mwanza added.
Mwanza is charging somebody again. Yawn! He is the socalled “bad cop” uttering all ridiculous accusations that Edgar China Lungu doesn’t want to be accused of! Antonio, Zambians are very TIRED of your bullsh!t……
Jesus said only the Devil is interested in the affairs of Men and not of God. So so called men of God whose only involvement is in the affairs of men are really just Satanic agents.
Mwanza is charging somebody again. Yawn! He is the socalled “bad cop” uttering all rid!culous accusations that Edgar China Lungu doesn’t want to be accused of! Antonio, Zambians are very TIRED of your bullsh!t……
These PF people are a strange people, anybody who has a divergent view from them no matter how objective is deemed to be opposition. When RB lost elections, he was very magnanimous to say that they lost the election because they had stopped listening
Leave Father Chikoya out of this, He is a very objective priest but Antonio is wearing the wrong lens which need to be recalibrated. The fact that father Chikoya wants justice and is very form rightly so on wrong things never makes him UPND
Leave Father Chikoya out of this please, he is only doing his work which looks at justice and fairness
Even so called men of God can be f00Iish at times. He is just a man of gold uyo. Ni cadre fye uyo
Mbuzi
Father Chikoya, who belongs to the unsung heroes who are trying to consolidate our democracy must be commended and not ridiculed by small boys who are overly excited. I expect the President to quickly reprimand his party spokesperson who seems not to have received any orientation at both FDD and PF. Help these young men you put in positions, they believe that if they are attack anybody with a divergent view that they will be seen to have worked
People like Father Chikoya are people who deserve commendation, always standing for the truth, justice, fairness and objectivity. These PF failures must exit quickly before all our democratic credentials are thrown out
If UPND comes to fail the way PF has lamentably failed where the economy is in tatters even before Covid and after inheriting a decent one from the MMD , we will come and kick them out as well
Father Chikoya is very frank, honest, straight forward and does not sugar coat things and always stands for justice, even when the man is talking you can see how genuine he is, only those on the opposite side of justice wont like him
Ba Chikoya….you misled UPND into rejecting the BILL 10.
Fr. The truth will set you free… there was only one Fr. Chilinda mwebashala! Kuwyawaya fye
His surname says it all. Story izibika
These people have no shame yet they are happy for UCZ bootlickers to be endorsing them….this is what happens when you have an incompetent inept corrupt insecure dictator.
he is only trying to save zambia from these destroyers and looters
is that wrong ?
and who in the first place brought churches into politics
PF OF COURSE
Lungu is the most insecure, paranoid wannabe dictator ever.
If it was another leader who had just spend billions on infrastructure, he would have been seen holding meetings with all opposition for the sake of democracy and peace……..
But instead this insecure fraud convict lungu is blocking opposition from moving and is using his thugs to unleash violence and lawlessness on the country.
Lungu is of the mindset that because he has used borrowed money to build , Zambians owe him their votes, like it or not.
PF have just failed, don’t blame Father Chikoya
Objective Zambians, lets all stand for what is true and right if we are a real Christian nation. Lets stand with Father Chikoya
Because we now have Christians for politicians it is assumed we can divide spoils in the name of partisan gods. It’s so sad what they have done to everything … the Catholics usually speak out for the downtrodden and forgotten. Chikoya and his priesthood are still doing that. I speak for no party at all. Damned he that lies his way into political office and then flails to stay afloat.
The last kicks of PF are extremely bad. look at how the country is tarnished in the eyes of the international community, private citizens like HH having restricted movement by a very misguided Police Force, very embarrassing, in this age surely should we be having stone age politics just for fear of loosing power, an opportunity you lost and grounded the economy. Us here in Mungwi will vote for change
The CCZ has lost direction, no wonder the then chair of CCZ resigned because he discovered that CCZ was contaminated by by political biasede people.It is shocking that CCZ has been shunning day of prayer.Antonthia Mwnza, I ususally support your views, but on this one I give you 100% score because you have accurately hammered the nail on its head.
ANTONIO MWANZA IS DESPARATE TO IMPRESS HIS MASTERS’ AND FOR HIM TO BE SEEN TO BE WROKING HE HAS TO ATTACK THOSE HE PERCIEVES TO BE ANTI PF. AS AT NOW HE SEES THINGS DIFFERENTLY FROM THE MAJORITY OF US. AS THE ELECTION DAY DRAWS NEAR BY THE CHAP WILL END UP AT CHAINAMA MENTAL HOSPITAL.
Working they have failed, no wonder they are only seen giving brown envelopes in compromised churches. Leave Chikoya out of this
The usual gibbering from Antonio. When has he ever spoken objectively and intelligently? Typical of many PF cadres anyway.
A frightened man with power is a dangerous man.
TThere is no smoke without fire……..maybe these PF quacks tried to bribe father Chikoya and he refused to aid them hence this rubbish coming from a foolish fool like Antonio mwanza.
This boy must tone down and measure his statements.
A father who can speak for hours without quoting any scripture from the bible.A father with no trace of anointing in him he is always in the flesh and very empty spiritually.
SO ANTONEEEYO IS VERY SURE THE ECL WILL BE PRESIDENT IN OCTOBER 2021? WHEN SPEAKING OF SOMEONE’ES PRESENCE AT EVENTS IN FUTURE, BE COURTEOUS TO JESUS CHRIST AND HIS FATHER BY SAYING ” by God’s grace, ECL WILL NOT ATTEND PRAYERS BEING ORGANIZED BY FR. CHIKOYA”. This is a sign of reverence to God.