Mpulungu Constituency rejects Sikasote

The MMD in Mpulungu constituency has joined their colleagues in other parts of Northern Province who have resolved to reject their Provincial Party Chairman Grievas Sikasote for allegedly causing confusion and divisions in the party in the province.

The Mpulungu constituency officials are also calling on their district party chairman Edward Chele to step down.

The two embattled party officials are accused  of being among others allegedly going
round the party structures in the province to dest ABILISE THE PARTY INCLUDING
FIGHTING AGAINST Provincial Minister Lameck Chibombamilimo.

This is according to a statement released to ZANIS by the constituency leadership.

Mpulungu constituency Chairman George Tembo and Acting Council Chairman Gerald
Sikazwe also told ZANIS today, Cheela was also a supporter of an opposition party  and therefore not a true MMD member.

They  said the party leadership in the district would not rest until the two officials step aside and relinguish their leadership.

Some members of the MMD Provincial Executive Committee (PEC) have expressed similar views in the recent weeks in which they accused their Provincial Chairman of double standards.

Acting Provincial Information and Publicity Secretary Chrispin Mulenga said recently
that the party in the province was suspicious about the conduct of Mr. Sikasote
branding him an “outcast” in the party.

Mr. Mulenga accused the Provincial Party Chief and others he did not name of having
hatched plans to de-campaign Mr. Chibombamilimo whom they allegedly do not want and want removed.

Chele is also reported to have suspended some members of the party in Mpulung as
means of creating for himself, a conducive environment to destablize the party to
ease infiltration into the ruling party of the opposition.

In a letter dated May 11, 2007 to the district and Constituency committees which was
also copled to the MMD National Executive, PEC and Minister of Local Government and
Housing among others, they have voweled never to work with him and are calling on
him to step aside.

The party leaders have passed a “vote of no confidence’ in Mr. Chele for being part
of the group that was earlier known to be inciting people to rise against President
Mwanwasa.

Sikasote and Chele are also accused of organizing some traditional rulers to become
discontent with President Mwanawasa leadership and to sign a petition against him
over matters of Mpulungu Harbour.

Chiefs Nondo and Chinakila are said to have already apologized to the President in
their letter dated April 12, 2007.

They have since declared the suspensions slapped on some of the councillors null and
void calling the suspensions” baseless”.

The party leaders have re-affirmed their total support to President Mwanawasa and
the MMD.

ZANIS