The United Party for National Development (UPND) has formally reported Patrick Tembo Banda to the Zambia Police Service Headquarters for allegedly masquerading as the party’s president.
UPND Media Director, Mark Simuuwe, stated that he, along with Charles Longwe and Charles Kakula, reported Banda, believing that the trio has been collaborating to undermine the party’s established leadership structures.
Banda recently declared himself Interim UPND president and claimed that the current intra-party elections are illegal, asserting that the tenure of the party’s National Management Committee expired in February.
Simuuwe said reporting Banda to the police was necessary, as his actions risk misleading party members and the public regarding the party’s legitimate leadership and internal processes.
“Banda had previously left the UPND and only renewed his membership a few months ago, making his current claims to leadership both irregular and inconsistent with the party’s internal rules,” he explained.
He clarified that Banda does not meet the eligibility criteria to contest any party position because he has not been consistently renewing his party membership card, as required by the party constitution, which outlines conditions for aspiring leaders.
Simuuwe emphasized that the UPND has a structured constitution with defined procedures guiding how members can ascend to leadership positions, including the presidency, through democratic and transparent electoral processes.
“President Hakainde Hichilema remains the duly elected president of the UPND and the legitimately elected Republican President of Zambia following the party’s established internal processes and the national electoral mandate,” Simuuwe added.
He further stated that the matter involving Banda and his interim team of alleged impersonators has now been handed over to law enforcement for thorough investigations.
I haven’t followed this issue closely but from the little that I have heard i thought it was supposed to be the other way round
But is it the work of the media team to report such, what has this got to do with the media. Do your real work which everybody says you have failed
Self inflicted problems now you see
Ba LT nabeve!!!
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“UPND Media Director, Mark Simuuwe, stated that he, along with Charles Longwe and Charles Kakula, reported Banda, believing that the trio has been collaborating to undermine the party’s established leadership structures.”
What’s the meaning of:
“UPND Media Director, Mark Simuuwe, stated that he, along with Charles Longwe and Charles Kakula, reported Banda, believing that the trio has been collaborating to undermine the party’s established leadership structures.”
Simuuwe and Longwe, Respect your president you little twats! Very soon he will remove all of you from office
“not been consistently renewing his party membership card”
He doesn’t need to. He is the President!
Simuuwe and Longwe, Respect your president you little twats! Very soon he will remove all of you from office
Most of their cadres in compounds are only with them for hand outs only, with such an ever regressing economy improving in paper statistics only, most of their cadres in compounds are openly expressing themselves that “kulibe ve vichitika”
Is the pedestal starting to crumble finally ?
Can I be charged with this impersonation thing if I identify myself as Chagwa Lungu? Who charges? The police or my party or my friends or my family?
Any stable GRZ would laugh this off
but they know the incumbent MAY be on unstable ground which is concerning to them
Just call him in sit him down iron out your differences it must not always be force meeting with force …some of the things he raised albeit in public are true…