THE Patriotic Front is trying to establish the authenticity of reports circulating that some secret service operatives and a senior editor at one of the two state newspapers are fabricating and coordinating falsehoods that the PF has mortgaged the country to foreign interests in Afghanistan, Taiwan and Sudan.
The party is also following up with its sources to authenticate the name of an officer from the OP who is leading the malicious scheme to discredit the PF.
“In the past these individuals have enjoyed the comfort of anonymity as they attack and incite public outrage against others, now it is punch-for-punch and we shall systematically name all those individuals manufacturing lies and supplying them to discredited individuals to parrot as soon as we have the facts.”
The desperation by the MMD is fast destroying the very foundations of our strategic state institutions which have now been turned into extensions of the ruling party. The PF in government will separate the operations of the secret service from those of the party.
[PF]

PF Chairman for local government Given Lubinda further advised the journalists not to allow themselves to be abused at the expense of other individuals.

Mr. Lubinda says the party would still survive even if the public media stopped covering its event

Speaking in Lusaka yesterday, Mr. Lubinda assured Zambians that time will soon come when the media in the country will be liberated.

[QFM]

MMD Chipata Central Member of Parliament Lameck Mangani has resigned from the party to join the PF.

Mr. Mangani who was also Science and Technology Deputy Minister has ditched the MMD with immediate effect.

According to the letter written to the President Rupiah Banda and the MMD’s National Secretary Richard Kachingwe and made available to Muvi TV TODAY  Mr. Mangani says he endured a lot, considering what he went through ever since he was voted as a member of parliament.

The former Science and Technology Deputy Minister has since withdrawn his candidature as aspiring Chipata Central Member of Parliament for MMD.

Mr. Mangani before his resignation from the MMD was dropped from his ministerial position as Home Affairs Minister to Deputy Minister of Works and Supply.

 

 

 

The Federation of Free Trade Unions of Zambia (FFTUZ) has commended the Patriotic Front for what it has described as the timely and democratic general conference it held in Kabwe over the weekend.
FFTUZ president Joyce Simukoko in a statement released to QFM today says the Union congratulates PF leader Michael Sata for going through unopposed as party president and others who were elected by the conference.
Mrs Simukoko says it is the wish of the labour movement that other remaining political parties aspiring to contest in this year's election will as well follow suit and ensure they too hold similar democratic conventions in order to allow their followers exercise their rights to choose their party leaders in the same vein the rest of the country's voters will exercise their rights in the forthcoming election.
She says this is a good stride for democracy.
Mrs Simukoko has also hailed the peaceful manner in which the PF held its general conference.

Wynter kabimba Refutes the story that was published in Dailymail, Times Of Zambia and the online Zambian  Watchdog dated 05/07/11 about an alleged email that was  sent by Given Lubinda to Wynter kabimbi. Full edited version coming!

The Movement for Multiparty Democracy MMD says it is not threatened by the perceived growing popularity of the Patriotic Front in the country.
MMD national chairman Michael Mabenga says the ruling party is focused on the returning to power after this year's elections.
Mr. Mabenga says the MMD is the only agenda driven party capable of delivering development in the country.
In interview with QFM, Mr. Mabenga who is also lands deputy minister says the PF is no match to the MMD in terms of popularity.
He has expressed confidence that Zambian people will make the right decision by voting for the MMD in the upcoming elections because the party has a track record of delivering to the people's expectations.