Lundazi PF members pass vote of no confidence

Several Patriotic Front (PF) members in Lundazi district of Eastern Province have passed a vote of no confidence in their District Executive Committee which they also accused of allegedly being in office illegally.

This is contained in a petition letter signed by 30 PF members from Lundazi Central, Chasefu and Lumezi constituencies and copied to the party’s General Secretary in Lusaka and the Provincial Chairman.

The petitioners allege that the District Executive Committee members, who were hand-picked in 2001, are all from Mnyamadzi ward in Lundazi Central Constituency and have failed to run the party effectively by not calling for meetings.

They further claimed that the behaviour exhibited by some members who refused the appointment of Daudi Mbeba as PF Lundazi District Political Secretary made by PF President, Michael Sata, is an insult tantamount to insubordination to the leadership of the president.

The petitioners charged that it was disrespectful to the national leadership for a district to refuse appointments made by president Sata.

The District Executive Committee members are reported to have told Mr Mbeba to go back to Lusaka and work with Mr Sata and not in Lundazi.
But PF District Vice Secretary, Patrick Nyirenda, dismissed the allegations as baseless and instead accused the petitioners of being used by Mr Mbeba to stir trouble in the party.

Mr Nyirenda also accused Mr Mbeba of imposing himself on the party as District Supervisor, when the position of District Party Organiser is for an employee of the party who receives a monthly salary and instructions from the district.

The Vice Secretary observed that the majority of the petitioners were not genuine members, saying according to investigations most of them are from UNIP.

He further disclosed that the party, in consultation with the provincial leadership, has since suspended Mr Mbeba from the party pending disciplinary action against him.

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