
MMD Chilanga Member of Parliament (MP) Ng’andu Magande has said no one will force him to resign and that he would remain a member of the ruling party.
And Mr Magande said no one had powers to block him from attending any national executive committee (NEC) meeting because he was duly elected by the party convention.
Mr Magande was reacting to MMD spokesperson Dora Siliya’s challenge for him and his Kafulafuta counterpart George Mpombo to resign from the ruling party.
The former Finance minister said yesterday in an interview that he would not be forced to resign from the party because the people of Chilanga elected him.
“I am not a nominated MP, the people of Chilanga elected me to represent them and am doing just that,” he said.
When asked as to why he consistently attacked Government, Mr Magande denied ever attacking President Rupiah Banda and the Government.
“Where have I attacked the Government?” he said.
He said was representing the people of Chilanga well.
“I go to Kafue to attend council meetings and when I am given an allocation I am putting up boreholes in the constituency. I am also building high schools in the constituency,” he said.
[pullquote]“I am not a nominated MP, the people of Chilanga elected me to represent them and am doing just that,” he said.
When asked as to why he consistently attacked Government, Mr Magande denied ever attacking President Rupiah Banda and the Government.
“Where have I attacked the Government?” he said.[/pullquote]
And reacting to Copperbelt MMD Chairperson Joseph Chilambwe who threatened to block him from attending the party’s next NEC meeting, Mr Magande said no one would block him.
“Where are they going to hold the NEC meeting? Are they going to hold it at State House? State House is a public place and no one will block me from entering.
“Even now if I want I can go to State House because it is a public place. If Chilambwe wants to stand in my way I will run him over,” he said.
He said Mr Chilambwe had no powers to block him from attending the NEC meetings because he was elected.
Ms Siliya at the weekend asked Mr Magande and Mr Mpombo to resign from the party and avoid unjustified attacks against the Government.
Mr Mpombo could not be reached for comment.
And Mr Chilambwe has invited Mr Mpombo and Mr Magande to vistit the province and prove their popularity.
Mr Chilambwe said in an interview yesterday he was inviting Mr Mpombo and Mr Magande to vist the province to prove to MMD on the Copperbelt that they were popular following their continued attacks on Mr Banda and second Republican president Frederick Chiluba.
He said the duo were unprincipled and bitter people who were made popular by the Patriotic Front (PF) and United Party for National Development (UPND) Pact and some sections of the media which wanted to make headlines from their comments.
[ Times of Zambia ]