Acting Information and Broadcasting Services Fackson Shamenda has charged that Heritage Party leader Godfrey Miyanda’s “rantings” over the Patriotic Front (PF) Government’s one year in power is an indication that the former Republican Vice-President is still injured, bitter about and chocked by the victory.

Reacting to Brig Gen Miyanda’s assessment of the PF Government’s one year reign which he recently described as a joke, Mr Shamenda said it was clear from the Heritage Party leader’s statement that he had for a long time considered himself as a far much better leader than President Michael Sata.

“That is why President Sata’s ascendance to power a year ago definitely must have chocked General Miyanda whose political fortunes have seriously dwindled over the years.

“It is clear from his rantings that General Miyanda is still injured and bitter about the PF’s victory. His tone in the statement is that of bitterness and frustration. General Miyanda is failing to come to terms with the fact that Michael Chilufya Sata is now Head of State,” he said.

Mr Shamenda admitted that it might be true that the PF Government had not done everything to the expectations of the citizenry, but that describing its one year in power as a joke was malicious and out of order.

“In fact, it is General Miyanda’s statement which can rightly be said to be a joke, bad one for that matter as it cannot attract laughter from the readers because objective Zambians can attest to the fact that though the sailing of the PF boat has not been without challenges, a lot of good things have been achieved for the country,” Mr Shamenda said.

Mr Shamenda added that it was not shocking to see Gen Miyanda being bitter against “some objective leaders” like National Restoration Party (NAREP) leader Elias Chipimo and his Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD) counterpart Edith Nawakwi.

He observed that Mr Chipimo and Ms Nawakwi were criticizing and praising Government when it was due, saying that was how it ought to be.

“To suggest that nothing has been achieved in the last one year by the PF Government is being economic with the truth.

“We are aware that General Miyanda’s rantings against the PF Government are because he is chocking with envy at the realization that Mr Michael Chilufya Sata is the President of the Republic of Zambia, but in all presidential races he (Gen Miyanda) has only managed to harvest devastating losses,” he said.

Mr Shamenda said the nation was aware that Gen Miyanda was synonymous with so many concepts, citing the Village Concept, in a bid to convince them he was the only man “capable of being their savior”, but that the citizenry had always viewed him merely as an “armchair”
critic.

“Perhaps General Miyanda is viewing the PF Government’s one year in power from his simplistic Village Concept which every right thinking Zambian has failed to appreciate.

“In his desperation to win votes, he has even tried to sell himself as a man of God, but that again did not earn him the necessary votes to see him into State House. Clearly, this is a General who has tried everything, but all what he has touched has failed,” he said.

Mr Shamenda wondered if the Heritage Party had followers or it was still in existence, adding that he was hopeful that Gen Miyanda would heed the warning from chief registrar of societies Clement Andeleki of de-registering non-performing political parties which only resurfaced during elections and go into “slumber” afterwards.

The Labour Minister further charged that it was a known fact that Gen Miyanda had allegedly been deserted by most of the members of his party thereby leaving him a “lonely man” in the Heritage Party.

“For a man of such credentials as General Miyanda, it will do him good to keep quiet and reflect on his own failures,” he said.

Gen Miyanda was recently said the one year PF rule was a joke besides welcoming Mwandi MMD Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Kaingu’s decision to tear President Sata’s opening speech to Parliament.

President Michael Sata has arrived back in the country from his working visit in Tokyo, Japan and Seoul, South Korea.

The President arrived aboard a United Arab Emirates plane that touched down at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport at about 14:45 hours.

Mr. Sata was accompanied by First Lady Christine Kaseba, Minister of Foreign Affairs Given Lubinda and Minister of Agriculture Emmanuel Chenda.

Others are Minister of Commerce Trade and Industry Robert Sichinga, Minister of Tourism and Arts Sylvia Masebo and Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations George Chellah.

Vice President Guy Scott, Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda, Justice Minister Wynter Kabimba, service chiefs and other senior government officials were at hand to welcome the head of state.

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Opposition MMD Vice President, Michael Kaingu, has threatened that the party will have its scheduled meeting tomorrow at the Livingstone central police if the police command fails to give them a go-ahead.

Speaking during a press briefing in Livingstone today, Mr Kaingu mentioned that the police were given adequate notice for the meeting to be held at Victoria Hall but that no response has since been given to the party.

He charged that what the police were doing was completely un-constitutional and unprofessional because they were getting instructions that opposition should not hold gatherings.

He has since advised civil society groups and churches to condemn the current attitude of the police towards opposition political parties.

The MMD vice president has further appealed to other opposition political parties to join in condemning what he called un-democratic tendencies by the ruling party to prevent other political parties from holding political rallies.

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President Michael Sata has ended his four-day working visit to South Korea where he attended the Third Africa-Korea Economic Co-operation (KOAFEC) forum at which he was a special guest.

The President departed for Lusaka at 20:00 hours local time (13:00 hours Zambian time) aboard a Cathy Pacific commercial airline via Hong Kong and Dubai.

President Sata is accompanied by the First Lady Dr Christine Kaseba, Foreign Affairs Minister Given Lubinda, Agriculture Minister Emmanuel Chenda, and Special Assistant for Press and Public Relations George Chellah .

He was seen off at Incheon International airport in Seoul by the Chief of Protocol for the Korean Government, Bae Jae Hyun and the Executive vice president of Incheon Airport management who is also a Professor at Korea Aerospace University, Young-Geun Lee.

President Sata held talks with Professor Young-Geun shortly before departure for Lusaka.

Prof Young-Geun said the Korean government is willing to provide Zambia with technical support and training through the department of civil aviation and also offered to help re-develop airport infrastructure.

While in Korea, President Sata held closed-door bilateral talks with Korean President Lee Myung-Bak at State House.

The President also addressed the Zambia-Korea business forum which was attended by close to 100 participants whom he urged to come to Zambia and explore investment opportunities in the various sectors of the economy.

President Sata also held closed-door talks with the senior executives of Samsung electronics engineering company whose manufacturing plant he later toured yesterday in Suwon city on the out-skirts of Seoul.

Samsung electronics is the ninth top leading global electronics company in 2012, with a revenue of US$148.8 billion, and a profit record of US$14.7 billion posted in 2011 and employs 200,000 workers in the 72 countries in which it operates.

Meanwhile, President Sata and his delegation are expected to arrive in Lusaka today on Friday at 13:30 hours.