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Kapata Calls For PF Unity
Patriotic Front (PF) chairperson forelections, Jean Kapata has called on the ruling party’s members to avoid unnecessary disagreements and squabbling if the party has to win the 2016 tripartite elections.
Addressing party officials from different wards in Chadiza in Eastern Province yesterday, Ms Kapata said President Lungu only marginally won the January 2015 elections because there was too much disunity among party members.
Ms Kapata said this in a statement issued by PF vice-secretary for mobilisation committee Samuel Kasankha.
“So many people from the PF wanted to stand as president and this created many camps. The infighting caused deep divisions which enemies of the party from within and outside took advantage of. The result was that we almost lost the elections,” she said.
She warned that this could repeat itself in 2016 unless members guarded against unnecessary divisions and disunity.
Ms Kapata urged the party to rally behind the leadership and candidacy of President Lungu, including those who would be adopted as candidates for parliamentary and local government seats for the 2016 election.
And most party officials in the province have cited long distances between wards and branches as being a major impediment to effective party mobilization.
PF mobilisation chairman Charles Banda has assured that everything possible will be done to ensure that such impediments are addressed.
Speaking in Chipata, Mr Banda urged the members to continue working and growing the party in Eastern Province.
And speaking earlier at the same event, Women chairperson Esther Banda urged the members to tailor their campaign messages on the developmental projects the party had embarked upon in the last four years.
Mrs Banda said the projects were good enough testimony that the PF is a working government, so there is no need to struggle in convincing voters to vote for continuity and progress.
The three PF members of the Central Committee are in the province to strengthen the party structures at the grassroots and prepare them for the 2016 tripartite election.
Posted by Staffreporter
on December 20, 2015. Filed under POLITICS.
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Air Mukwai_
December 20, 2015 at 1:07 pm
Reshuffle can be key to mute and contain stray members and reconsider giving Guy Scott a top position in gvt.
Shamenda has failed to tick in all various positions he has been tried.
Chishimba must be taken back to sports ether wise he will talking even in fields that does not belong to him.
Nez to be co-opted as a minister of grief and bitterness mu muyayaya.
Judge Joe Bidden
December 20, 2015 at 3:30 pm
All I see is panic in PF. At least they know Lungu “won marginally”. This time around its a different story, it’s pack and go. People are tired with “it’s not us it’s global problem” mentality. What kind of leadership that never accept failure because accepting the problem is first step to finding the solution.
New Educated Zambia©❤√
December 20, 2015 at 3:39 pm
Kapata for the firs time you have made sense. Indeed lungu was only lucky and i wouldnt be surprised if actually after a recount it was found that HH won those elections because they were marred with alot of irregularities. Divisions will always ensue in the pf during election period as their aim is not to serve the zambian people but rather to fatten themselves like kamwbili so much that we can barely see their necks. They are a heart attack waiting to happen.There is greed in the pf camp and zambia does not need that. what we need is level headed party like upnd which has pro development policies. we thank you
John kabengele
December 20, 2015 at 4:28 pm
Is she alive?
Kano Nibena
December 20, 2015 at 6:13 pm
May God take charge of this nation Zambia and expose the workers of uniquity before August 2016.
peters
December 20, 2015 at 6:39 pm
Did Tongas vote Mwanawasa? No! Did they vote Milupi? No! Did they vote sata No! Are they going to bote lungu? No! Why should you vote a tribe that will never vote you? let Tongas vote themselves. Chimwemwe const. Lungu 38,000 HH 19. Mazabuka central HH 12000 lungu 18
jimpunda
December 20, 2015 at 9:19 pm
[1]If you want to prosper economcally:vote HH, vote UPND,[2] if you want see end of political viorence,vote UPND,vote HH,[3] if you want to see a stable currecy, vote UPND,vote HH,[4] if you want see investor confidence, vota Upnd, vota HH.
Kano Nibena
December 20, 2015 at 10:52 pm
Good questions indeed! Did Tongas vote for KK? yes. Did tongas vote for FTJ? Yes. Sometimes petty minds must be answered with pettiness. This time probably things have changed it is HH and GBM and Canescious BANDA so it is not tonga but people of Zambia.
coppera
December 21, 2015 at 4:31 am
Ok.thats good to here both parties expressing there views.2016 has come.