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MMD, UPND to field RB ‘Opposition plan to float Rupiah in 2016 general elections’
FORMER President Rupiah Banda is being touted as a possible candidate for the MMD-UPND alliance in the 2016 presidential elections, some members of Parliament in the two opposition parties have revealed.
According to the MPs, a meeting was held outside Zambia where senior MMD and UPND leaders agreed that Mr Banda is a strong candidate for the two parties.
The MPs say the two parties have also exploited the possibility of Mr Banda being barred by the republican Constitution from re-contesting the presidency and are satisfied that he in fact qualifies because he did not even complete a term when he was President.
The republican Constitution bars Presidents from governing for more than two terms but in Mr Banda’s case, he became President in 2008 after the demise of President Levy Mwanawasa the same year and ruled until 2011 when he lost to the current President Michael Sata.
An MP told the Mail: “At the meeting, some leaders of the parties were cagey about Mr Banda’s candidature believing the constitution could not allow him but they hired legal brains who advised that the issue does not arise because RB only did a term and he did not even finish it.”
The MPs said the option of Mr Banda as a candidate has been necessitated by plans by the ruling Patriotic Front government to lift the immunity of the former President.
“This whole idea is meant to put more pressure on the PF who are planning to remove his immunity,” another MP said.
The MPs said there is consensus among MMD and UPND leaders but that ordinary members are not likely to support the idea because of the impending corruption charges Mr Banda may face after being invited by the Anti-Corruption Commission to their offices recently.
“But RB’s financiers are also willing to finance his comeback,” one of the MPs said.
But when contacted, UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma scoffed at the issue of Mr Banda’s reported candidature for the two parties.
“That’s a laughable matter, there is no such alliance for floatation. First of all, Mr Banda didn’t attend any meeting we held in South Africa,” Mr Kakoma said.
He said people “peddling such lies” were just misdirected, adding that the meeting in South Africa was to submit a dossier on human rights violations in Zambia.
The existing alliance between UPND and the MMD was to confer on common matters of interest, he said, and not far-fetched allegations.
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Democrat
February 26, 2013 at 10:07 am
Yayayayayayayayaya!!!!!! Elo lwanya.) Of all the pipo? He was in govt and was pushed off like an orphan wat-mo wen he is outside? Come on u can think better guys. Pabwaaaaaatoooooooooo!!!!!!
Zebige
February 26, 2013 at 10:53 am
Ha ha ha.Akubuteni bane
DIGGERS
February 26, 2013 at 10:53 am
It will be a walk over for the PF,PERIOD.
simlaw
February 26, 2013 at 11:12 am
MMD & UPND no where 2 b going bcz these parties it hz been died.
CALLED WISE
February 26, 2013 at 11:21 am
HH WANTS PLOT 1
NM WANTS PLOT 1
HOW ON EARTH WILL THEY ACCEPT RB TO BE THE PRESIDENT?
MAY BE IT WILL BE ONCE IN ZED HISTORY TO HAVE 2 VICE-PRESIDENTS LIKE IN DRC WHERE WE SAW 4 VICE-Ps.IS THIS A FAILURE TO HH AND NM TO GO ONE ON ONE?
SO MANY QUESTIONS TO ASK SOON.
Munyelo Pwete!
February 26, 2013 at 11:53 am
I have never seen this kind of desperation where the so called opposition can go to the extent of spilling blood and terminating the lives of people just to have a feel of power! Iam in Livingstone right now and the situation is tense after the brutal killing of a PF cadre by the filthy UPND and yet these are the same idiets that are complaining that their rights are infringed upon!
Where are we heading to?
As for the so called opposition fielding Banda, its drama as usual!
o s
February 26, 2013 at 12:21 pm
leave RB alone,the man is old and he had time as a president. Day dreaming again HH and nm
RCK
February 26, 2013 at 12:26 pm
ala!
AL ISLAMIA
February 26, 2013 at 12:52 pm
So HH and NM accept that they are Under Five, hahahhah
Chiwanangala
February 26, 2013 at 1:20 pm
olo lwanya taataa
AL ISLAMIA
February 26, 2013 at 1:22 pm
So what are HH and NM fighting for. Making noise all over when they know they cant rule..
popo
February 26, 2013 at 1:24 pm
A normal human being with 5 sense cannot comment bcos these are a lie from the PF.
CALLED WISE
February 26, 2013 at 1:28 pm
@ MUNYELO PWETE, PLEASE KEEP UPDATING US.WE CARE ABOUT ALL PEOPLE IN L/STONE.
POLITICIANS HAVE THE LOVE OF POWER NOT THE POWER OF LOVE.
(I’M SEEING SOME LEADERS GET INTO SERIOUS TROUBLE.THEY WILL BE DRAGGED LEFT AND RIGHT BECAUSE OF THEIR WRONG DECISIONS…..)
kakolwe
February 26, 2013 at 1:29 pm
A Laughable matter! Is Zambia similar to Jurasic Park? Let the dinosours rest in peace. Mumba, HH, Chipimo, Given Lubinda: You need to use brains & take the mantle from abena Sata.
Munyelo Pwete!
February 26, 2013 at 2:55 pm
The so called Command Post for violent Non Governmental Party (UPND) is surrounded by mostly plain cloths Cops! All the leaders have scampered including the bad boy who calls himself HH except for those who are already in custody, Nkombo, Muntanga and others!
Justice should prevail because if we are trully fighting to serve the people of Zambia, we can not resort to killing the same people we are fighting to serve!
Munyelo Pwete!
February 26, 2013 at 4:10 pm
Ba Tumfweko naimwe you are too behind with the news! Its happening here in Lstone and this bad boy HH has finally been arrested! The idiet is in custody now!
Knight Rider
February 26, 2013 at 5:07 pm
@ munyelo pwete stop talking rubbish. go back to chinsali and f*ck a baboon in the ass. this blog is not for foul mouthed swines like you. Viva HH
The Wise One
February 26, 2013 at 5:14 pm
Hakainde Hichilema is the Zambia Version of Mahatma Gandi and Martin Luther King Jnr . Mr HH these dictators cannot stop you, we are behind you.
kakolwe
February 26, 2013 at 5:47 pm
Iwe wise one, do you have any dossier in which Martin Luther or Mahatma asked their followers to kill? Or ask for USA/India to be sanctioned? Nevers & HH are the best examples of Bemba & Tonga Idiets. We all have 1 in the family.
I.C.U.
February 26, 2013 at 6:24 pm
@ Knight Rider,Munyelo pwete IS NOT TALKING RUBBISH,YOU ARE THE ONE LEFT BEHIND NEWS UPDATE.I’M WATCHING TV2 NEWS AND IT’S TRUE HH IS DETAINED THERE IN L/STONE.
G
February 26, 2013 at 6:26 pm
No message ba Tumfweko…..!!!!
Close the site….
Over Livingstone HH is already the President of Zambia.
Ba Sata we agreed ” ONE TERM ONLY NO WONDER WE VOTED FOR YOU”.
GOD LOVES ZAMBIA & there wont even b wrangles.
Livingstone and Mpongwe for People of Zambia’s Party UPND.
HH and Chipimo all the way, though Chipimo is trailing behind.
From Northern to Southern.
Gunner-ME
February 26, 2013 at 6:33 pm
Cheap journalism in its rawest form!
Mwense boys 2004
February 26, 2013 at 7:02 pm
G so u thnk ka HH cn ru ths country..ma frnd let me tl u ths,southn province is iko to two wards in copperblt,so nomata hw HH is going to win southn prvince he cn no beat not evn nawakwi,,so u triboman foget!
Neede
February 26, 2013 at 8:58 pm
Fool shallow mind, what can hinder to be our president? Think twice
LUKONSOLO JONES
February 27, 2013 at 10:28 am
ITS VERY,VERY AND VERY IMPOSIBLE FOR THE TWO TO LEAVE CHANCE TO RB OR TO ANYONE OF THEM. BOTH HH AND NEVERS WANT TO BE AT STATE HOUSE BY ALL MEANS. THEY CAN TALK ABOUT IT TODAY BUT NOT TOMORROW. ZAMBIANS KNOW EACH ONE OF THEM OF HOW GREEDY THEY BOTH ARE TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF THIS NATION. THEY ARE WORKING TOGETHER TODAY FOR THE SAKE OF THE MAPATIZYA FORMULAR.
mk
February 27, 2013 at 2:07 pm
Anything to do with RB is rubbish in the eyes of Zambians. Maybe HH could give the pact some votes but not RB, Zambian are still nursing the wounds caused by this merceless person who could steal from such a poor people. I would rather we let Sata to continue that recycling RB.
allan skugy
February 27, 2013 at 4:26 pm
Thoz people who are supportng HH, u are the most foolish.