The opposition Movement for Multi party Democracy (MMD) believes its party is still in good form and intact because it has been undergoing a cleansing process through its rebranding exercise.
In an interview with ZANIS yesterday, MMD Vice President for Political Affairs Michael Kaingu stated that MMD is intact as can be seen by the rebranding exercise which has taken center stage in the party.
Commenting on assertions by suspended MMD Copperbelt Youth Chairperson Joseph Chilambwe that the former ruling party has lost out its democratic values, Mr Kaingu said MMD has a leadership system which embraces unity, principles and values of democratic tenets.
Mr Kaingu added that the sentiments by Mr Chilambwe are his viewpoints and that he did not want to engage into verbal attacks with him saying there are a lot more of significant issues to talk about than to be politicking over Mr Chilambwe.
The MMD Vice President further disclosed that the party president would be going round provinces to update people on how the party is transforming itself for the betterment of the Zambians.
He observed that citizens should be aware of the important role the opposition plays in creating all necessary checks and balances towards the party in government.
Mr Kaingu said this is why Zambians should be strategically focused and positioned to give proper analytical views on different political parties for they equally have the responsibility to do so if they are to realize tangible changes to the country’s social and economic frontier.
And Mr Kaingu bubbled with confidence that the MMD would pull through in the fourth coming Parliamentary by-elections in the Mpongwe and Livingstone seat slated for February 28 next month.
He has since urged the media practitioners across the country to be sober and objective as they cover stories of any election nature.
Meanwhile, Veteran politician and opposition MMD founding member Mathias Mbirintengerenji has called on MMD founding party members to mediate the political wrangles that has rocked the party.
Speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka yesterday, Mr Mbirintengerenji said mediation is the only tool to reconcile both new and old members so that they embrace each other.
Mr Mbirintengerenji who is also former MMD Eastern Provincial Information and Publicity Secretary, said Mr Vernon Mwaanga, Mr Newstead Zimba, himself and other founding members should not pretend that there are no serious leadership wrangles in the former ruling party.
“It’s very unfortunate that there is a defacto party within our party, MMD and the only solution to resolve the impasse in our party is for senior members like VJ, me and others to advocate, mediate and make sure that the break-away party members are reconciled by bringing the two factions together,” Mr Mbirintengerenji said.
Mr Mbirintengerenji, a former trade unionist said in a multi-party dispensation like Zambia, there is need for the opposition to be strong and united in giving checks and balances to the party in government.
The immediate past ruling party (MMD) is divided with the Nevers Mumba led executive and the breakaway faction led by Richard Kachingwe daring each other, claiming legitimacy and expelling members who also do not accept decisions past against them.
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ANY WAY WHO CARES WE WISH MMD CAN GO TO EXTINCTION, U BROUGHT SO MUCH POVERTY
MMD…..is a rotten party.Who would like to get back to such suffering with the likes of William Banda,Lusambo etc.FUlish…..
Indeed, since God has been on the side of MMD to expose a clique of “moles” who have been hired to disorganise the Party, sanity will soon prevail to the Mother of Democracy in Zambia. Kachingwe, Namugala, Chilambwe are thriving on pieces of short-term silver earned just to distabilise the MMD which is well rooted in all parts of the country. Apparently, Mulongoti assessed the situation much earlier and opted to steer clear from PF. He discovered that once one joins the PF, that will be the end of free thinking. No member of PF is allowed to think objectively, but rather programmed to sing ill-understood praises authored from the Zambian Vatican.
We tank God by now that the court has sorted out the Moles and now let them form there own party and make those hypocritical decisions by selling out one another since this is what they know better.
Ba Kachingwe and the fellow sellouts are finished and should now tell the nation where they belong=which party?
Kachingwe and Namugala should just own up and form their own Party.The Court’s ruling in Kachingwe’s case has put a finality to their misguided claims.For Namugala,it is not yet too let for her to apologize and seek for forgiveness from NEC so that her membership can be restored before Mr.Speaker accepts MMD’S NOTIFICATION of her expulsion from the Party
MMD is dead. The untold misery they inflicted on their fellow citizens is not easily forgotten. Rebranding and new marketing strategies will not transform this party at all. The negative image they created for themselves has an everlasting impression on our collective psyche. No one in Zambia votes again for failed parties. UNIP is dead although they don’t believe it.
Ask PF why they keep on poaching people from MMD to occupy Ministerial Positions instead of their own members who toiled for 10 years to see PF into power.What is their benefit for all the hard work they put into organizing PF just to let Masumba and soon to be Namulambe enjoy the fruits of their labour.
bashi iris naimwe just say you are rebasing the party by removing orignal members
Its wrong to say MMD brought poverty on the people. MMD is not an individual or a human being. Its the people who were members of this club called MMD that caused whatever problems you may talk about. And these same people some have since died while those still living are joining PF. Therefore, the causers of the prolems are no longer in MMD, but are busy joining the PF
Actually the one who helped increase poverty in Zambia is head of state you call man action.
How I wished MMD Party was wiped out on the face of the Earth because this is the party which forced me NOT to watch ZNBC tv under Rupiah Banda’s reign. Parading himself and traditional leaders to shower forced praises on him was the order of the Day.
I only return to watch ZNBC Tv after MMD suffered a humiliating deaft by PF.
In fact, I rejoice very much when I read about their path to self destruction thru internal wrangles.
Very soon it will be Nashala neka Party like that of Milupi ,BY, Miyanda and Nawakwi
AND Sikota,
only dictators would wish MMD die
I like the name Mbirintengerenji, it’s a tongue twister. Does anyone know what it means?
If mmd was bad after 20 years, then pf must be worse, and we have seen it in less than two years.
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