The Patriotic Front says it has information that president Rupiah Banda plans to appoint its Rebel Members of Parliament to Ministerial positions.
PF spokesperson Given Lubinda disclosed to QFM that president Banda also plans to appoint someone who has derailed the constitution making process as Deputy Chairman of Committee of the whole House, taking over from Mr Mkondo Lungu who has been appointed Home Affairs Minister.
Mr Lubinda says the Patriotic Front does not support what he terms as dubious appointment of opposition Members to cabinet by president Rupiah Banda.
He however states that the PF is not moved by the information that the President is planning to appoint PF rebel Members of Parliament to Ministerial positions.
And Mr Lubinda says President Rupiah Banda should desist from claiming that he has appointed a Minister from the opposition because UNIP ceased to be a party standing on its own when he was appointed republican Vice President by late president Levy Mwanawasa.
He says the PF-UPND pact is aware that the MMD and UNIP have formed an undeclared Pact.
Meanwhile Mr Lubinda says the PF-UPND pact will be officially launched after the forthcoming Luena parliamentary by-elections.
[pullquote]Meanwhile Mr Lubinda says the PF-UPND pact will be officially launched after the forthcoming Luena parliamentary by-elections.[/pullquote]
The Luena seat fell vacant following the resignation of Former Independent Member of Parliament Member Charles Milupi who has taken over the leadership of the Alliance for Democracy and Development.
Mr Lubinda says both party leaders of the pact understand that members are anxious for the official Launch of the Pact stressing that even the Leaders themselves are also concerned about the amount of time it is taking to launch the pact.
Mr Lubinda explains that the delay in launching the Pact has been caused by the unprecedented by-elections that have come along the way.
He says each time the parties are about to Launch the pact they are faced with the challenge of preparing for a by-election.
There have been calls from both pact members to hasten its Launch so that the Members can speak with one Voice.
QFM
I think that statement should put to rest doubts of a PACT. doubting Thomases should prepare for the PACT with one voice
Yal bo lubinda forget about those rebels kale bachaila akabunga kuntulo.2011 is around the corner the best your pact( Hope so) or PF can do is to start reorganising yourselves by identifying more viable and capable people to take over the vaccum that those rebels have created.This ain`t no time to start crying over spilled milk.:-?
UPND would do well to learn to keep quiet,such statements wont win them any sympathizers,campaign on issues,not running your gobs monga hule yaone crate ya castle
meanwhile i was impressed by UPND caders who condemned Kakoma on his earlier statement,looks like UPND has principled caders,not mmd *****s who will support anything,even if it doesnt make sense..bapumbafu,mwabe ntweno,mwefyatile,tyopet,bamakaka
meanwhile DEUCES:)>-
I am right to say that the rebel MPs are all from Luapula?
Seemingly Lubinda thinks Zambia has become Bangladesh just because we have sheltered him.And you PACT Kaponyas especially UPND are burnt out and your theories are betraying you with impunity. Your Catch 22 situation is here ,say you what about UPND that lost legislatures to Mwanawasa’s MMD regime among them senior Mazoka official Tetamashimba for cabinet appointments. Did you disband UPND for UNIP to disband?
Here you are too partisan cadres instead letting national interest take preceedence, you see wrong in the appointment of an eminently qualified patriot, diplomat and politician Hon Mkhondo Lungu. Aren’t you seeing the need for bi-partisan leadership of RB that is an effectual cure of the political polarization that were before RB?
Seeing it not that in the USA President Barak Hussein Obama a social liberal has appointed a conservative GOP strongman Robert Gates as secretary of Defense in his cabinet? Has the GOP disbanded??????
Until you cut and shred your identity politics, you are trapped in a vicious circle for failure and theoretical politics to nowhere.
May your eyes open up
Senior Citizen ## 5
Stop racism, or go back to your village then and stay with your tribe men. Why cant you tell your master to go back to Zimbabwe and stay with Mugabe? Of late I begun I have concluded how dull you are
Lubinda,stop complaining about imaginary problems. Did banda tell you he was going to appoint them?
Mr Lubinda, should that be an issue to distract our attention from more important matters, like putting food on the family table? What is the big deal if Zambians are appointed to serve their fellow citizens in various capacities?
1. He says “Mr Lubinda says the Patriotic Front does not support what he terms as dubious appointment of opposition Members to cabinet by president Rupiah Banda.” And then he follows by
2. “PF is not moved by the information that the President is planning to appoint PF rebel Members of Parliament to Ministerial positions”. Typical PF, he can’t even keep a thought pattern. Self contradictory. By statement 1, Mr Lubinda, you have acted statement 2. That is not leadership material Mr. Most-Intelligent-Person-in-PF-Leadership..
I thought times have changed for some to call another persön by the colour of their skill how low can some ones thinking be? Some of us have kids of colour .
The senior citizens is proving to be an irrelevant character whose racist ideals have no place in our society. Speaks from no background and only wants to sound intelligent when he / she actually just embarraces him / her self with his / her’s foolish sentiments. Gutter ideology is only espoused by small minded insignificant figures who have nothing to offer
Pay no mind to Senior citizen, the only thing consistent about his comments is the lack in intelligence it exposes. The man will be for bipartisanship one day because RB says that is the way to go, then he will turn around tomorrow and call anyone opposing the President’s views a Kaponya unworthy of listening to; all this while claiming to be interested in Zambian’s well being. Katie good, I believe when one uses powers vested in him to undermine opposition rather than use them to serve the interests of the people, then it is a political move worth bringing to the attention of the people, for holding leaders accountable does help put food on people’s tables. It is this very practice that rewards the lazy bootlickers while taking away from deserving persons, wasting the tax payer’s…
money. Not the practice of holding leadership accountable, rather the practice of rewarding laziness in order to secure votes from the vulnerable and ill-informed. (Just thought I would clarify).
Chi #5
Senior Citizen uli chisushi. Those are racial remarks and you are not impressing anyone by issuing such….weshilu wee.
#5 who do you think you are with racial remarks? Zambia is not ready for your remarks, I think you are full of it. Kindly keep away from the blog if your cranium is not ready to sell good ideas.
Appointing from the opposition is a Mwanawasa legacy…I guess that’s what you have been crying for….
There is nothing wrong in appointing a qualified person to serve his or her fellow zambians.Ms Masebo did a wonderful job at Local govt she came from RP Ben Mwila’s party at that time.What i hate most is wasting money on useless by-election because of such appointments.2011 is near RB just appoint your fellow MMD officials and save our money.
Has the ZED constitution changed for us to allow mr RB to be president of the republic of Zed when hes a Zimzam citizen and what about his parents. are they or were they ZIMZAM as well.
why did chiluba stop KK from standing but allowing this Zimbabean to be ZED president.
any comments please……………………….