ACTING PF faction president Given Lubinda has expressed regret for being part of a party leadership he described as ignorant of the PF constitution, citing this as a factor in the party’s 2021 election loss. In a TV interview last night, Lubinda said he was surprised when a senior PF official, in an apparent reference to former PF Secretary General Davies Mwila, stated on television that he had no authority to remove members of the Central Committee. “I heard a man who held a senior position going on television saying I have no power to fire people in the party.
That’s why we lost elections in 2021, and I feel sad that I was part of a team led by such ignorance,” Lubinda said. Lubinda explained that, under Article 61J of the PF constitution, the party president has the power to make decisions necessary for the security and development of the party, including appointing or removing members of the Central Committee. He said the constitution does not require him to provide reasons for such decisions, not even to the Central Committee.
“There are many people I have appointed into the Central Committee. Has anyone asked me for a reason? The constitution empowers the president to make decisions without giving a reason, and because I didn’t provide reasons to the party, I am not obliged to give reasons to the public,” he stated.
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Addressing claims that his actions were driven by factional politics, Lubinda said, “If I were removing people to replace them with my supporters, I would appoint those who back my presidential bid. Yet, how can that be when someone like Miles Sampa, who also wants to be president, is in the Central Committee?” He also cautioned that early endorsements of presidential aspirants by provincial and district party structures could create confusion and undermine fairness within the party. Speak enough truth, it’s way before that and it has been since November 2014.
He is speaking with tongue in cheekBut whatever he says he is going nowherePF allowing him to parade makes them as dumb as himWake up Oppsition is needed To make matters waste, he is NOT PF president. ACTING For 5yrs .. too long overdue.
But Mwila saying he did not know where his parent come from.There is something FISHY.. How come that narrative after many yrs working together??
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