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Dora, Kaingu, Chituwo Out Of MMD NEC
Being in NEC under Nevers Mumba is useless, says Dora Siliya.
Reacting to the decision by the Party’s National Executive Committee to strip her, Michael Kaingu and Dr Brian Chituwo of their positions as party spokesperson, vice-president political and vice-president administration respectively, Siliya said calls for Mumba to leave the party and the need for a new leadership would not go away.
“With Nevers Mumba, NEC positions are useless,” Siliya said in an interview shortly after an emergency NEC meeting held yesterday at Chrismar Hotel.
“NEC member or not, the people of MMD want new leadership to be elected at the convention and voices of those calling for the convention won’t go away. Only a convention can inspire the real MMD in districts and constituencies. Current NEC cannot elevate MMD. UPND is filling the vacuum left by MMD.
“This is why people like Levy Ngoma were telling me last night, a night before the NEC meeting, that, in fact, we would rather even have RB back. So you can see that these calls will not die. Are these (NEC) the people that Nevers thinks will take him to 2016 elections? Nevers Mumba is a sitting duck. The likes of Ngoma, (Sydney) Chisanga are saying ‘we are keeping him in order to keep the party together’, so whether I am expelled or not, it is irrelevant. I have had people calling me on my phone complaining about the leadership. Today there is a defection in Muchinga of the district executive to the UPND,” Siliya alleged
Siliya warned that defections from the party would be the order of the day in MMD.
And Kaingu said he was better off as an ordinary member of the party than being in a defective leadership.
“They have decided to remove our titles; I am no longer the vice-president political of the party. Dr Chituwo is no longer the vice-president administration. All our positions have been stripped off,” Kaingu said.
“For me, even if they did not do that, I would have resigned myself. I was fed up. I am a member of parliament for the people of Mwandi, so I will continue serving as an ordinary member. I think it will be very good for me.”
Others that were stripped of their positions are chairperson for tourism Lucky Mulusa and national youth secretary Tobias Kafumukache.
MMD national secretary Muhabi Lungu announced that the party would soon commence the process of filling the vacancies.
“They have been stripped of their positions as members of the national executive committee but they shall continue enjoying their full rights as members of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD). There would be a period of observance by the national executive committee and that if there will be no responsibility exerted, in regard to their membership, authority has been given to the national secretary to take immediate action towards expulsion,” Lungu said. “They were invited in the meeting and this decision was explained to them. I believe that decision has been accepted. Dr Kaingu has indicated that we have given him an opportunity of what he was going to do (resign).
Party national chairperson Kabinga Pande said in an interview that NEC had made a decision that it thought was in the interest of the party.
Bradford Machila, who is the legal chairperson of the party, said the decision was in line with the constitution.
“The national executive committee is the ultimate authority in the party between conventions and therefore the NEC has powers and rights to take the decisions that were resolved upon today. The two vice-presidents were elected to those positions by NEC,” Machila said.
Kaingu, Siliya, Kafumukache and Mulusa were part of the meeting, until they were asked to leave when a discussion to either expel them or relieve them of their roles in the party came around midday.
They then went to sit in the hotel lobby while their fate was being decided.
Siliya and Mulusa, however, left before a final decision was passed at around 13:00 hours after they were asked to go back into the meeting, saying they had other duties to attend to.
Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane was also spotted leaving the NEC meeting as soon as it started.
Mumba refused to comment on the decision made by the NEC.
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Homeless
June 1, 2014 at 3:15 pm
MMD this is season what? Even in the series when the main actors leave the film lose its following and slowly die eg Kabanana in short MMD is dying and more surprisingly very fast by 2016 they will have no member of parliament.
Icon
June 1, 2014 at 3:19 pm
Dora a lady fu of insults & imiponto in her mouth & fingers.She cant b spared lyk dat.MMD is dying everyday and Nevers should go and preach de word of God coz deya no future 4 mmd.UPND is hot.
Zimba
June 1, 2014 at 10:42 pm
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June 1, 2014 at 4:33 pm
Chi Kaingu womanizer, bokos like a woman obvious he is a very small p***s, lying that he would have resigned, boza! He s been praying MMD should come back into power so that he will be the Vice President . He is childish!
JAMES H
June 1, 2014 at 6:01 pm
It’s a new dawn for mmd. The MMD is being rebranded. MMD doesnt belong to an individual, with or without chituwo,kaingu or dora the party ‘l go on. in fact with the new leaders who have come on board, the party is likely to improve its image. Viva Nevers!
henry
June 1, 2014 at 6:17 pm
Dora just go and open your own political party even campaign for you is just yourself. Leave M.M.D alone I believe that M.M.D is coming back to power again. Now since M.M.D is clean from 4 contaminated idiots I will join the M.M.D. It is only Nevers who can lead our Nation. unstoppable man.
jamakudi
June 1, 2014 at 7:18 pm
Kabimba mmembe virus is at WORK in MMD. We are aware of the plan. FOURTH REPUBLIC.
jerabo unit
June 1, 2014 at 7:50 pm
imwe bafikala leave mmd alone it beta than (pf) poor family.
Umuntu mutwe
June 2, 2014 at 7:43 am
Iwe ci jerabo unit u ar saying mmd was beta dan pf coz u ar also a big fool.cant u c how mmd is eating itself? open yo eyes.
Sara
June 2, 2014 at 9:51 am
People, the problems that the MMD is going through now has nothing to do with the PF. Let the MMD solve this issue alone. Others parties, your role is just to observe. People grow up. MMD know what they are doing.
wise lady
June 2, 2014 at 10:53 am
looking @ the political mathematics PF will win 2016 general election whether you like it or not. already it has penetrated the most tribalist provinces of western and norht western provinces just have look and wacth you will cry for chaseing the onwers of MMD.
real mubemba
June 2, 2014 at 4:50 pm
IS WESTERN AND NORTH WESTERN TRIBLE OR DO THEY HAVE PRESIDENTIAL CADINDATES,USE YO EYES NOT YO PINUS TO THINK.I HOPE THESE PROVINCES ARE NOT TRIBE BUT YO PF(POEPLE’S FUALT) LL FAIL IN THESE PROVINCE
chiingu
June 2, 2014 at 12:04 pm
Getting rid of political heavy weights from the MMD cannot revive the party.The MMD was better off with them.
Where to now,UPND is too tribal for people like Gen Docter Chituwo,NAREP is headed by a political light weight where the four cannot fit.Other parties are feudal which leaves them with one trump card….to swallow their prides if they have any and join the party of the moment the Patriotic Front.
zambian
June 2, 2014 at 12:24 pm
RIP MMD!