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Mpombo Says ‘It Will Be Political Gibberish For MMD to Go For Voluntary De-Registration’
The Opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President George Mpombo has described as political gibberish the statement that the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) should voluntarily de-register if party president Nevers Mumba remains defiant to calls for a convention.
MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya has been quoted to have warned that if the former ruling party waits until 2016 to have Dr. Mumba removed as party President there will be no MMD to talk about the more reason it should de-register itself if it fails to raise money for holding of an extraordinary convention to elect new office-bearers.
But Dr. Mpombo, who is also former Defense Minister under the previous MMD regime, has told Qfm news that the idea of having the former ruling party de-registered on the basis of Dr. Mumba’s alleged defiance to calls for a convention has no substance and does not make any sense.
Dr. Mpombo adds that such kind of reasoning as has been attributed to Ms. Siliya is also hollow and politically bankrupt as there is no person in his right frame of mind who would subscribe to the de-registration of the former ruling party on the basis of what he has termed as petty wrangles.
The PDP president says what the MMD should instead do is to understand the important role it plays in the working of the country%u2019s democracy especially that it is the biggest opposition political party.
He says it is for this reason that people that are calling for de-registration of the MMD are on the wrong side of history as they do not understand the important role that the former ruling party plays in the democratization process of the country.
The opposition leader says what should also be understood is that the issue is not about Dr. Mumba being the MMD president but that it is about the MMD being the biggest opposition political with the capacity to provide check and balances to the Patriotic Front (PF) government.
He says it is on this basis he also finds the maneuvers to have Dr. Mumba removed as the MMD president as being a parochial agenda as it goes against the very purpose of the existence of the former ruling party.
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Accumen
April 22, 2014 at 10:55 pm
Mr Mpombo neci sungu chabo
sko
April 23, 2014 at 5:52 am
The best Mpombo can do is to de- register his one man PDP party and start lecturing linguistic and not make unnecessary noise about other peoples parties. Showing off by using big english words won’t help the old man. Make yourself useful in other areas not politics. INSHITA YENU YALIPITA BAMUDALA.
TOTO ZAMBIA
April 23, 2014 at 7:45 am
Lamba- english…..oh my GOD!!
Alick
April 23, 2014 at 9:10 am
I totally agree with Mpombo. To deregister MMD just because Dora is not happy with Nevers is not enough reason. The best that Dora can do is to leave the party and join another party. The fact that she is still in MMD is a sure reason that she is up to something else. So my advise to Dora is first show us that the party is dying by leaving and ask others to follow suit and
see if they will.
frederick
April 23, 2014 at 10:12 am
Dis r de tymz dat i rmmba Dr chiluba,coz if dis man waz still alive all dis bushit waz nt goin 2 be there God its only u nw who cn help dis lovly party 2 get bter,from dis pipo who wnt it dead shame 2 doz pipo who daz nt c any value y dis party is still there…God help my lovly bigest party in zambia..i rly wsh Dr FTJ waz here 2 c wat dis pipo r doin 2 his lovly party…MHSRIP…N I think its tym de mpomboz,mulongotiz,de mutatiz e.c.t get bak 2 MMD PLIZ lovly fatherz get bak 2 yo party n help it 2 get bak in form pliz pliz am dwn my kneez pliz…restore MMD 4 zambianz pliz b4 it dies…thnk u!!!!!!!