VARIOUS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANISATIONS HAVE WELCOMED THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE RULING MOVEMENT FOR MULTI-PARTY DEMOCRACY (MMD) TO HOLD ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION IN DECEMBER THIS YEAR.
BUT FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER WHO IS ALSO KAFULAFUTA MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT GEORGE MPOMBO HAS DESCRIBED THE MOVE AS AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY.
FORUM FOR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS (FODEP) PRESIDENT STANLEY MHANGO SAYS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PARTY HAS SHOWN HOW DEMOCRATIC IT IS BUT WHAT IS REMAINING IS TO SEE WHETHER IT WILL ADHERE TO THE INTER-PARTY DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES BY ALLOWING PEOPLE WITH DIVERGENT VIEWS WITHIN THE PARTY TO ATTEND THE CONVENTION AND VIE FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS IN THE PARTY.
MR MHANGO HAS OBSERVED THAT FOR SOMETIME NOW, POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE NOT BEEN HAVING PARTY CONVENTION HENCE IT IS ALSO IMPERATIVE THAT OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES EMULATE THE MMD BY HOLDING THEIR NATIONAL CONVENTION TO SHOW MATURITY AND ADHERENCE TO DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
IN A SEPERATE INTERVIEW, SOUTHERN AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES (SACCORD) INFORMATION OFFICER OBBY CHIBULUMA SAID THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA WILL HOLD ACCOUNTABLE WHAT THE PARTY HAS SAID TODAY COME DECEMBER BECAUSE POLITICAL PARTIES CAN ANNOUNCE DATES TO HOLD CONFERENCES AND WHEN THAT TIME COMES, THEY DO NOT HOLD THEM.
HOWEVER FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER GEORGE MPOMBO SAYS THE ACTIVITIES ARE AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY AS HIGHER POSITIONS IN THE PARTY ARE RESERVED FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MANIPULATING THE DEMOCRACY WITHIN THE PARTY.
HE SAYS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY ACTING NATIOAL SECRETARY MR CHEMBE NYANGU THAT THE PARTY WILL HAVE ITS CONVENTION IN DECEMBER IS ONLY TO HOODWINK PEOPLE THAT THE PARTY IS DEMOCRATIC WHEN IN THE ACTUAL SENSE IT IS NOT.
YESTERDAY IN AN INTERVIEW WITH RADIO PHOENIX, MMD ACTING NATIONAL SECRETARY CHEMBE NYANGU REVEALED THAT THE MMD WILL HOLD ITS CONVENTION IN DECEMBER AND IF IT DELAYS, IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO JANUARY.
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BUT FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER WHO IS ALSO KAFULAFUTA MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT GEORGE MPOMBO HAS DESCRIBED THE MOVE AS AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY.
FORUM FOR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS (FODEP) PRESIDENT STANLEY MHANGO SAYS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE PARTY HAS SHOWN HOW DEMOCRATIC IT IS BUT WHAT IS REMAINING IS TO SEE WHETHER IT WILL ADHERE TO THE INTER-PARTY DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES BY ALLOWING PEOPLE WITH DIVERGENT VIEWS WITHIN THE PARTY TO ATTEND THE CONVENTION AND VIE FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS IN THE PARTY.
MR MHANGO HAS OBSERVED THAT FOR SOMETIME NOW, POLITICAL PARTIES HAVE NOT BEEN HAVING PARTY CONVENTION HENCE IT IS ALSO IMPERATIVE THAT OTHER POLITICAL PARTIES EMULATE THE MMD BY HOLDING THEIR NATIONAL CONVENTION TO SHOW MATURITY AND ADHERENCE TO DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.
IN A SEPERATE INTERVIEW, SOUTHERN AFRICAN CENTRE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES (SACCORD) INFORMATION OFFICER OBBY CHIBULUMA SAID THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA WILL HOLD ACCOUNTABLE WHAT THE PARTY HAS SAID TODAY COME DECEMBER BECAUSE POLITICAL PARTIES CAN ANNOUNCE DATES TO HOLD CONFERENCES AND WHEN THAT TIME COMES, THEY DO NOT HOLD THEM.
HOWEVER FORMER DEFENCE MINISTER GEORGE MPOMBO SAYS THE ACTIVITIES ARE AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY AS HIGHER POSITIONS IN THE PARTY ARE RESERVED FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MANIPULATING THE DEMOCRACY WITHIN THE PARTY.
HE SAYS THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY ACTING NATIOAL SECRETARY MR CHEMBE NYANGU THAT THE PARTY WILL HAVE ITS CONVENTION IN DECEMBER IS ONLY TO HOODWINK PEOPLE THAT THE PARTY IS DEMOCRATIC WHEN IN THE ACTUAL SENSE IT IS NOT.
YESTERDAY IN AN INTERVIEW WITH RADIO PHOENIX, MMD ACTING NATIONAL SECRETARY CHEMBE NYANGU REVEALED THAT THE MMD WILL HOLD ITS CONVENTION IN DECEMBER AND IF IT DELAYS, IT WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO JANUARY.
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author: Augustine sichula
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