Nnational Democratic Focus(NDF) president Ben Mwila has described the opinion poll conducted by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) on the viability of the pact as factual and urged the two parties in the Patriotic Front (PF) and United Party for National Developemnt (UPND) Pact to accept the outcome as true, failure to which they would be cheating themselves.
Mr Mwila said in an interview yesterday that it was now clear that the top leadership of the UPND were only bent on destroying Mr Hichilema’s political career with their insistence to belong to the pact even after the members of the PF had clearly stated that they would only support Mr Sata for the pact presidency.
He said it was sad that the top leadership in the UPND had deliberately failed to advise Mr Hichilema to leave the pact whose cracks were there for anyone to see.
“I can not see the reason why the UPND should continue imposing themselves on the leadership of the pact when their colleagues in the PF have clearly stated that they will only support Mr Sata,” he said.
Mr Mwila observed that members of the UPND were destroying Mr Hichilema’s political career by clinging on to the pact with the opposition Patriotic PF.
Leadership in Development (LID) director Moses Kalonde said the opinion poll over the pact was factual and that the two parties should ignore it at their own peril.
He said the CPD was a credible organisation whose findings had always proved to be true whenever it conducted an opinion poll.
Mr Kalonde also wondered why the UPND should insist on belonging to the pact when it was clear that the PF no longer even considered them to be their partners.
And former PF) secretary- general Edward Mumbi has asked the two opposition leaders to apologise to Zambians for deceiving the masses that they could work together when they just wanted to use each other for personal gains.
Commenting on the failure of the PF/UPND Pact, he said that Mr Sata wanted to use UPND Members of Parliament for his impeachment motion against President Banda that did not work.
He also alleged that Mr Sata wanted to use the UPND support base to get elected as a president but with the apparent crumbling of the pact, his plans had failed.
But when contacted UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma said as far as his party was concerned, it was the people of Zambia that called for the two opposition political parties to enter into a coalition saying the pact was still strong.
Mr Kakoma described all the comments as a strange analysis saying as far as the UPND was concerned, the pact was still strong.
[ Times of Zambia ]
It was only 1000 people polled.
B.Y you must be joking that this is a consual attitude of the people.
This is a MMD site so watch the ratio of posters who are not in agreement with your opinion.
B.Y
Worry about your own future as much as Chiluba is worrying about his.
You will have plenty of time to talk about the long past together in jail.
State sponsored story from the Times.
Leadership in Development (LID) director Moses Kalonde.
Poll sponsored by Whom?
Mr Kalonde please inform the crowd who paid for the poll?
UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma, valid point sir. Please do not listen to these vuvuzelas of the MMD. You guys have an real opportunity to take over the leadership of Zambia; if only you can negotiate these useless voices from finished people like BY. Elo do not forget that HH is very young, and no one will forget his sacrifices in the PACT. His true character will be seen next year if he decides to disown himself and do what the people want, which is: remove the MMD. Please twapapata, if you guys don’t do it, people power will do it; and things will not be good for all of you. Tu peace will be under threat.
BA WASTED TIME there is nothing like state sponsored story,the fact is that this pact is a flop and has been so from the onset.have you ever heard of the bedrocks of UPND like hachipuka,matongo,mwiimbu,muntanga parroting the pact? it’s only one lonely kakoma from north western who does so.this pact was membe’s brain child as he saw it as the only way to romeve rupiah and mmd fromgovt.hence it’s not guided by any principle finito.so wake up now befor you come to realise it was wasted time.
Propaganda…………..govt papers…wishful thinking
#5 ******* Mukanwa
Your mind is as vile as your name.Only your kind, who can have no shame to call themselves with a name as nauseating as yours would listen to you.
Get a life.
number7 dont be a face buttock you quack.its clear that you are hurt because of this non existence pact.number 5 is right and right now Mmembe is bitter with Hichilema so much that he doesnt even want his name in his post newspaper.wake up from slumber kolwe iwe…
#7 ukulinganya amapuli kulaponwesha.i’ll do it to your wife go zip her before it’s too late .but i bear with you because i understand how hurt you bedbugs feel when somebody brings to the fore the weaknesses of your false pact.
Oh uncle BY,how are you doing financilly?in which category are you, trillionaire,billionaire,millionire or thousandaire?i hope it’s not the later.
Lusaka times, Kindly stop this #10 nKAKUTOMBA MUKANWA this name is purely insult and it’s time you delete his /her contribution. No man will normal understanding can tolerate this name. In Bemba this an insult at its high form and this is bad to ready.
Let us not be short sightness no party will win mmd out of power alone. All these tricks of BY is to destroy the pact becuase if it continues like this mmd is gone. There no way two party can have same strength but should unit of for the purpose of uniting to change the mmd.
#11, BAKALAMBA MWABA ULUFYONO.IS YOUR NAME THE CORRECT ONE? PASOP. LT DON’T YOU DARE
hmmmmmmmmmmm……wapya munzi. Odi uko, yabah napakaba ba blog mwandi.
# 11
there are no insults in bemba. there is only amalumbo. you people awe mwe!
# 13 pliz spare us the progressive youths that want to c zambia change for the better. you sound to have a personality disorder as your name depicts. Are you in the evening of your life time?
Hey LT get rid of this insultous chap’s comments
/:) interesting
The PACT can not work when the one thing the two parties have in common is the one reason they can never have a united front and that is the ‘ desire to produce a Head of State”.