MMD acting national secretary Chembe Nyangu has said former Zambia Security Intelligence Services (ZSIS) director general Xavier Chungu is free to publicly declare his support for President Rupiah Banda.
Mr. Nyangu said in an interview yesterday that if Mr Chungu was volunteering to support President Banda he would just be among many Zambians who were willing to do so.
Mr. Nyangu said many progressive Zambians had expressed willingness to support President Banda because of the various development projects being implemented in different parts of the country by the Government under his leadership.
“Mr Chungu is just one of the people who have declared support for the president and the MMD Government. Otherwise there are a lot progressive and focused Zambians who want to get involved in developing the nation by supporting the MMD,” he said.
He said it was unfair for some opposition leaders to start condemning Mr Chungu for publicly expressing his intention to support President Banda’s candidature during this year’s elections.
Mr. Nyangu said Mr Chungu was a free Zambian who was merely expressing his opinion and should not be harassed for supporting President Banda and the MMD.
Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Wynter Kabimba was quoted in yesterday’s THE POST newspaper as saying that it was shameful for Mr Chungu, who he said had court cases, to act as President Banda’s re-election campaign manager in Luapula Province.
Mr. Nyangu said it was not true that Mr Chungu was the MMD’s 2011 Luapula Province campaign manager.
“The MMD has not appointed any campaign manager because this is not the time for election campaigns,” he said.
Mr. Nyangu said Mr Chungu did not have any position in MMD and his support for President Banda was purely on voluntarily basis.
In a statement released on Saturday Mr Chungu commended President Banda for the manner in which he has ruled the country in the last two years and has called on Zambians to extend Mr Banda’s mandate as Republican president in this year’s general elections.
He said because of the achievements scored by the MMD Government under President Banda he was proud to formally declare his full support for him in this year’s polls.
And Ndola District MMD chairperson Victor Konie has said there was an increase in the number of people rejoining the ruling party while a number of UPND-PF pact members who had shown willingness to rejoin the ruling party were currently holding talks with the local MMD leadership.
Mr. Konie said the MMD was engaged in talks with some grassroots based members of the UPND-PF pact at grassroots level.
He said it was not true the people who were defecting from the UPND-PF pact in Ndola and other surrounding districts were not bonafide members of the opposition.
“The truth of the matter is that as MMD leaders, we are busy recruiting new members and most of these are the people who had over the years left the ruling party but they were now returning after seeing the development projects being implemented by President Banda,” Mr Konie said.
[ Times of Zambia ]
saviour chungu is a zambian just like sata and HH. Chungu comes from luapula and if at all he has enough muscle to get votes for RB and MMD he is welcome. Luapula has crumbled and we yet to see were satas strength lies now.
Criminal elements parading on vintage points to support RB. Criminals regoruping to continue looting the wealth of this county and taking advantage that Zambians collectively cowards. We should not let this happen. Chungu stole a lot of money and he is a Jail bird, a convict, bad criminal element. Most of looted money he spend it running away from the law. Now Chungu & FTJ busy praising the 2yr period of RB Not Levy’s rein because he stopped their looting.
Zambia sometimes sucks big time. No wonder up to now close to 50 yrs of Independece, we still respect a foreigner even if he pushes wheelburrows over our own graduates and nationals. They keep shooting at us no court cases, the Chinese steal copper on the copperbelt, no prosecution.
JOB SEEKER…LOOKING FOR ECONOMIC REHABILITATION…ATA!
Let’s continue supporting RB so that he goes through 2011 elections. The man is hard working and his leadership style is fantastic. Cheers MMD
even criminals have a right to vote and to support a political party of its choice just like kapoko and mathani supports PF
And this is why the abuse of public funds will never stop in Zambia, we make heroes out of villains.
Just like it was ok for Rathi to pledge K260million to the MMD when he was facing cases before the Courts of Law!!!Have a sense of shame Nyangu
Drama pa Zed!
Chungu like Kabimba Winter has a right to chose who he supports even those in prison have a political preference…as ex spy am sure he has some knowledge Kabimba doesnt have..or could it be as usual winter panicked when he read the article..if Chungu is dreaming ignore him..basi…and focus on choosing and announcing Sata/Post as your candidate…..
Chembe Nyangu YOU ARE A SICK PERSON. WHY ARE YOU HERO WORSHIPIN YOUR PRESIDENT AS IF HIS THE CHOOSEN? WAIT A WELL AND YOU WILL SEE THAT WITHIN THE MMD THERE WILL BE PEOPLE CHALLENGING THE PRESIDENT AND YOU WILL NOT HAVE YOUR JOB WHEN HIS KICKED OUT OF THE OFFICE.WHAT DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS HAS BANDA DONE? HIS FAIL TO BRING JOB CREATION IN THE COUNTRY APART FROM THE SO CALLED INFESTOR AS SATA CALLS THEM THAT SHOOT PEOPLE AND MAKE THEM WORK FOR SHIT MONEY.MMD AS GIVEN THOSE WHO STOLE FROM THE GOVT FREEDOM BUT NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS WILL GET THE SAME CAUSE THE NEXT GOVT WILL HAVE YOU GUYS LOCKED UP. WE NEED NATIONAL LEADEAR WHO ARE POSITIVE THINKERS NOT PEOPLE LIKE YOU TAKING US BACK 27YRS OF UNIP
Xavier Chungu rooted tax payers money and to you letting him supprt RB who recently refused dirty money at the party fund rising is total Bull crap if you have half a brain to alter such un-realistic statements to the media
for yo own information Chungu is not a factor in Luapula province that i can assure u,he shud not even mislead the people,just luk at hw Chiluba failed terribly to campaign for RB in Luapula,not even chimwemwe ward elections,,so guys dont wari much,however he has the right to support any political party he wants…
Zambia has always been a crime scene since 1991. It is not a surprise that thug Chungu is in bed with RB. RB switched sides long ago, when he boarded the MMD wagon with LPM. LPM came to office with support from Chungu’s OP as directed by Chiluba. I guess Chungu and RB are just doing the obvious…supporting each other in times when comrades in stealing must band together.
I wonder what this Cow Peas(Nyangu) would have said if Chungu had expressed support for Sata? Oh by now Chungu would have been sent back to Chimbokaila.
#5
lady gaga – You are right, but what happens to those supporting Sata/HH? Finance Bank is in trouble partly due to suspicions by MMD that Sata was using FB for his political advancement
#5 Just yesterda some sewrage called Chifi- re was using state media to accuse imaginary donor countries of proping up the opposition in Zambia.
#15dejavu finance bank has been saved from liquidation. mathani is innocent till proven guilty. chungu, mathani have a right to vote unless if you want to defrenchise them. even capt steven lungu alias capt solo has a right to support a politico party of his choice. Solo has a right to vote
#15dejavu even PF member kapoko of the ministry of health donor funds scam has right to vote and support party of his choice
#17 and 18- What liquidation when there is more than 1trilion kwacha at the time of take over. If Kapoko was PF he would have already been incacerated. Grow up and talk sense.
#19 you gibberish
Bull shit politics @ zed,
BAKABOLALA, have teamed up BUT, get this mesage…….. 1Samuel 7 vs 8-11…. and the LORD THUNDERED IN THAT DAY WITH GREAT THUNDER ……. THE Philistine were confused and terrified …’ and Israel pursed and defeated them……. ” mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm…………….. he will SOON THUNDER in the MMD camp and there will be Great confusion ……just wait…….MARK MY WORD……
Just don’t let him go near Tax payers cash we know what he is made of in that area….
#20- Just accept the facts instead of burying your head in the sand. Of coursr since you feed off MMD we cannot ecpect you to think otherwise.
There goes another empty head,desperation for MMD.
Ba katiyo, Masholi – they are re-grouping to plander ZED again . We need to be on the look out as a nation and bring this nonsense to an end. People who should be behind bars should not be allowed to be in the main stream politics, Chungu, Chiluba, and gang.
24 dejavu govt and MMD is the biggest employer and Im proud to work for them. they feed me and govern the nation well. dejave you are gibberish
#27 lady gaga- So if RB told you to walk naked you would it mwaa? Actually from my assumptions you are a time waster if you really work for GRZ,going by the time you spend on blogging.You must have been employed through MMD which means you are a cadre-by the way MMD is not an employer.
wheather they like it or not they are going. They thought 2011 is too far.who ever they bring in we dont mind.our minds are set .NI WHITE WASH BA MMD…..ZYUWAAAAA.