‘Scott Wants Chaos’

ZAMBIANS should not allow Vice-President Guy Scott to cause anarchy and confusion because peace is precious, Patriotic Front (PF) senior leaders have warned.
And Patriotic Front (PF) national chairperson Inonge Wina has rubbished claims by Dr Scott that the just ended extraordinary general conference was illegal.
“We followed the law and article 55 of the PF constitution allows me to chair the meeting in the absence of the president and therefore all resolutions including the election of Defence Minister Edgar Lungu as president of the PF are binding,” Mrs Wina said.
Mrs Wina said according to the constitution Dr Scott no is longer president of the PF and therefore had no power to convene any elective meeting.
She explained that article 49 (2) (d) allows the national council to approve candidates for the office of president while article 52 (1) clearly indicates that the president of the party shall be elected at the general conference of the party which had already done so at Mulungushi
The senior PF officials were responding to reports that Dr Scott had remained in Kabwe after the official general conference and was reportdly planning to hold a pararell convention at which he is expected to come up with his prefered candidate for the coming presidential election.
Mrs Wina told the Daily Nation that the general conference was called by Dr Scott but failed to attend the meeting and therefore could not nullify the results of his own meeting.
And Foreign Affairs Minister Harry Kalaba has warned Dr Scott from continuing causing confusion in the ruling party because the general conference he had called had unanimously elected Mr Lungu as the PF president and adopted him as the candidate for the January presidential election.
Mrs Wina said the general conference and its deliberations were held according to the provision of the PF constitution and that Dr Scott was asked to come to the convention centre but declined for unknown reasons.
Dr Scott yesterday declared the election of Mr Lungu null and void, purporting that the PF Central Committee and the convener of the conference did not follow the stated procedure of the party constitution.
But Mrs Wina said the general conference had 5000 delegates and that every part of the PF constitution was adhered to in the election and adoption of Mr Lungu as the presidential candidate.
Mrs Wina said article 55 of the PF constitution empowered her to preside over the general conference in the absence of the party president and the meeting she chaired was therefore legal and its results legitimate.
She said some media houses were publishing alarming stories that there was violence at the conference and yet the congress was peaceful.
She said those who were propagating falsehoods that the general conference had been rocked with violence had been shamed by the peaceful manner in which the conference was conducted.
And Mr Kalaba said the PF was happy that Mr Lungu had finally been elected president of the PF and urged the members to be ready for the campaigns because time was running out.
He said the PF had a good candidate in Mr Lungu and was confident that the ruling party was going to retain the presidency.

[Daily Nation]

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15 Responses to ‘Scott Wants Chaos’

Isaac

December 1, 2014 at 10:52 am

Dr Scott has been a let down since president Sata died. His aim is to make sure his powers are felt and later on finishes the party off since him is in the evenings of his life.
- Dude
  
  December 1, 2014 at 10:56 am
  
  It is true, alefiliila munsenga, kabili he has nothing to lose. His preferred candidate will not win elections.
for the manchild and silver ponto

December 1, 2014 at 10:59 am

Uyu musungu kwena ni kolwe bushe who is he supporting kanshi
for the manchild and silver ponto

December 1, 2014 at 11:01 am

Please let’s start our campaings we hv wasted too much time trying to reason with this white colonialist
kakolwe

December 1, 2014 at 11:01 am

Scot’s first function as acting president was to fire Lungu. His second assignment was to reinstate Lungu. The he condemned me to serve Government for up to 65yrs. Now he is just invalidating reality.
Mwapwisha party yampalume ba Sata. Am giving you louts up to 20:00hrs today.
Tiyende Pamodzi Ndimtima Umo

December 1, 2014 at 11:14 am

Leave Mr Guy Scott alone you primitive muzungu haters you should be thankful you have your own Jesus to save your backwardness and primitive nigga mentality!!
Chibote

December 1, 2014 at 11:29 am

Ba PF twalamubwelamo. Too much in-fighting.
Strong

December 1, 2014 at 11:59 am

Idiot
Apostle

December 1, 2014 at 12:42 pm

Let Guy Scotts be brain scan,may be he did not know that Sata is died.
Zotaya

December 1, 2014 at 12:44 pm

HE WANTS HER GIRLFRIEND KASEBANYA TO GO THROUGH, KABILI HE THOUGHT ALL ZAMBIANS ARE PAPETS TO THE WHITE SKIN. UZACHIONA MBUNU IWE WAKUMANA NAZO NKHUNZI ZAPA ZED.
MUSADABWE

December 1, 2014 at 1:13 pm

GUY SCOTT LIBOLO
Mildred

December 1, 2014 at 1:51 pm

VIVA Inonge we need powerful women like you to lead the nation with a fair judgement.
Terry Kunda

December 1, 2014 at 9:46 pm

God help us,God help Zambia!
Edward

December 1, 2014 at 10:32 pm

Mr scott is not adding any value to our party, but what he wants is to see the party down and lose cause without Mr Lungu will not make it.
shi bobo

December 3, 2014 at 11:45 am

fools.