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Chabinga Says PF Will Not Adopt Candidates Outside UPND Alliance

The leadership wrangle within the Patriotic Front has continued, with rival factions maintaining competing claims over control of the former ruling party ahead of the August 13 general elections.

PF faction leader Robert Chabinga has declared that his camp will not adopt any candidates outside its alliance arrangement with the United Party for National Development.

Speaking during an interview , Chabinga said his faction had made a political decision to align with President Hakainde Hichilema and the ruling party.

He further claimed that several Members of Parliament had remained under his leadership because they preferred stability over what he described as political confusion and shifting alliances.

Chabinga disclosed that his faction had already written to the Electoral Commission of Zambia informing the Commission that the PF would not adopt candidates outside the UPND alliance arrangement.

He also stated that only himself and PF secretary general Morgan Ng’ona were authorized signatories permitted to issue adoption certificates on behalf of the party.

According to Chabinga, any aspirants filing nominations under the PF name without endorsement from his faction were doing so without authority.

Meanwhile, the faction led by Miles Sampa has since withdrawn from the presidential race despite initially adopting former Health minister Chitalu Chilufya as its presidential candidate.

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3 COMMENTS

  1. HOW CAN A FAILED UNPD CANDIDATE ADOPTION AT CONSTITUENCY LEVEL BE LEADER OF ANY PF STRUCTURE. IT IS EITHER THE GUY IS CRAZY AND DOES NOT THINK .
    THANK THAT UPND NEVER ADOPTED CHABINGA

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