SOME Patriotic Front members of Parliament who will not be readopted in their constituencies on account of member rejection or under-performance plan to defect to opposition political parties so that they can try their luck on new party tickets, PF deputy secretary general Mumbi Phiri has revealed.
She has however said the PF would not adopt serving MPs who have lost popularity on account of having failed to perform in their constituencies because such candidates could only jeopardise the chances of the ruling party to retain power.
Mrs Phiri said the ruling party was also aware that a number of its MPs would in May after the dissolution of Parliament resign from the ruling party but has challenged them to leave now rather than later.
She said in an interview that the PF was not going to adopt unpopular candidates at both parliamentary and local government levels on ‘‘humanitarian grounds’’ and in the process ruin the chances of President Edgar Lungu’s re-election..
Mrs Phiri said the adoption process would ensure that only the best candidates were picked and that those who had made the PF unpopular in their constituencies should know that their time was up and they would not be considered.
‘‘I want to tell them to just go now rather than later. If you are not popular, you will not be adopted because we do not want to take chances and ruin our chance of retaining power. We are on top of things and we know that some of the unpopular MPs will be defecting to the opposition,” Mrs Phiri said.
And Mrs Phiri has charged that the PF would soon be taking action against former vice-president Guy Scott for having endorsed UPND president Hakainde Hichilema when he (Scott) was senior member of the party and central committee member. Dr Scott has however said he did not endorse Mr Hichilema but that his party, the deregistered Democratic Front (DF), supported Mr Hichilema.
Mrs Phiri said the PF was unmoved with the decision by Dr Scott to endorse Mr Hichilema because the former vice-president had always been against President Lungu.
She said there were many other people in the PF who had lost value to the ruling party and were only acting as excess baggage and should therefore leave the party and continue flocking to the UPND which she said had become a political dumpsite for rejected politicians.
Mrs Phiri said President Michael Sata (late) knew Dr Scott very well and never trusted him and that was why during the life of the late president, the Lusaka Central MP was never allowed to act as president.
She said Dr Scott was a bitter man because President Lungu started as his deputy minister in the vice-president’s office but that the Head of State kept on rising as Home Affairs minister, Defence and Justice Minister as well as the PF secretary general before being elected President in January 2015.2016 elections given greenlight
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Elo lwanya. Kasama central Kelvin Sampa to stand as mp. Mpika central Habram Kasonde to stand as mp. Lusaka central Mulenga Sata to stand as mp all these it’s under pf. All the best guys we are surpoting you.
Simusa and katema will be swallowed. nkuwa and sichula are comming on board. ifintu ni dabwizo.
Bad language. pf guys get the language.
Kasama central ni kelvin mutale sampa pa pf. wapya baisa sela tubombeko
We need people tht ar wanted by grassroot not rejectsm
Kikikikiki 😂 things fall apart in pf bane. Mumbi has mow become god to decide that some one is unpopular..do not be fooled. Your people are leaving because pf has failed and no one wants to associated with failure. Surely wunga at 150 imwe bantu. Lungu has failed us all and now we can see the wind of change. Mumbi alesabayila fee because soon she will have no job and go back to the life of tombalin likr she used to. Twalipitapo kale before marriage bane
I have just arrived back home in Lusaka zambia after long flight. Am glad to be back home. I will be issuing comprehensive statement on my trip and what we achieved. It is a great relief to be back and away from thr cold and wet weather. I look forward to meeting you all on the ground
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Incoming chief government advisor
Chifubu costituency Nakawandami no Give it to Five star or Ngambi ndola central change as well the bwanamkubwa give it to m wn I come back.
Kikiki UPDN now is really a political dump site for rejected and under performing mps. Now imagine this is a party some fulish pipo expect to bring change.Indeed useless change from bad to worse
Mumbi Phiri u shud kn u were jsk elected not born a leader learn from silvia masebo i who thot was untouchable,the pipo u r insulting u used to beg to them for u to be known today u call them failures forgetting that the failure is the one u r remaing with.honestly can u call Guy scott a failure,chachine amaule tayatasha remember politics goes with numbers not jemasons ifwe chilediba akabunga K150 ati mukawina mukepushe,KK pakabwali ifyo twakalipa.Sata nyock mumbi
madam mumbi tabalanda sana, politics are dirty pa zed and you might just as well find yourself in a political sewer pond.
And these are the scream of the cream in PF…. hahaha nafikaba ifintu mu PF. It’s time up to pack and go and try mu 2019.
Bro JJB where were you? We missed you! imagine aka bunga K150 zoona! vote for UPND come August.
guy Scott is a failure,m sampa is looser ,hh under 5 only edger is chosen one
ya its true no one wants to work with visionless leader like lungu, only idiots who use belly to think ll surpot fools ideas like on youth day.
Ba mumbi phiri liule fye. Surely mumbi phiri imbwa can compare her dirtyself to Scot? Prostitute fool. (PF)
Now that is some comparison indeed. I have observed some interesting phenomenon in some minds. Surely, if you take one constituency as an example, What would be the reason for adopting the non-performing incumbent Kamfinsa Constituency MP? And if that failure joins upnd, what value would he be bringing to upnd? Just his lone vote.
And that is change?
be careful there is no guarantee that if they kicked out the Patriotic Front and voted into office the UPND, things will be better. This is because the policies of the PF and the policies of the UPND are exactly the same,” Kabimba said