UPND HITS BACK : ‘WE Remind THE POST That NO Amount Of Attacks against HH Will Stop Us From Working With The MMD’

Embattled Opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) Party has hit back at THE POST Editorial team saying its leader, Hakainde Hichilema has emerged stronger and the party will not be deterred by their attacks by it and its editorials against attacks on its Party Supremo, HH.
UPND deputy Spokesperson and newly elected Member of Parliament for Choma constituency, Cornelius Mweetwa, said the attacks are not strange and expected.
“They attacked Anderson Mazoka. They do so even in his death. The paper likes to attack those perceived politically strong and holds a divergent views from theirs. They attacked Mr. Sata in the same manner. When they agreed on a political agenda, he became an angel,” he said.
He said his party will not engage in a debate with the paper.
“We cannot engage into a vigorous debate with a tabloid paper whose duty it to attack strong opponents. They are surprised that HH has emerged stronger after this election,” he said.
‘’We wish to remind The Post amount of attacks or levels of derogatory statements against UPND will stop us from working with the MMD, in order to foster a united opposition which is the cornerstone to the promotion of democracy, checks and balances”. He said.
“We will collaborate with anyone in the opposition to strengthen the National Assembly to promote a united voice to check the excesses of the PF government. This has become more important than before especially institutions that previously helped play an oversight, have suddenly lost their feet and their voices, when governments changed.”
He said it becomes even more paramount for the UPND to work together with the MMD as the country has lost the voice of civil society groupings that offered checks and balances.

Posted by Editor on October 16, 2011. Filed under LATEST NEWS. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry