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Sakala predicts landslide victory for MMD in Chifubu |
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Tuesday, 27 July 2010 |
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Lusaka---- – The Zambia Direct Democracy Movement (ZDDM) has predicted a landslide victory for the Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD) in the Chifubu Parliamentary by election.
ZDDM National Coordinator Edwin Sakala said ZDDM was convinced beyond reasonable doubt that the Movement for Multi Party Democracy (MMD) would win the Chifubu seat with a slide victory.
Mr Sakala said residents were alive to the fact that voting for the confusion ridden opposition would not be in their best interest.
In a statement made available to ZANIS in Lusaka on Tuesday, Mr. Sakala said ZDDM supported the MMD in Chifubu as it was the only party that had the capacity to deliver results.
He said the party was getting inspiration from President Rupiah Banda who was rightfully referred to as man of unity and development.
“Voting for the opposition is like shooting themselves on the foot, we believe the people of Chifubu cannot continue to make the same mistake which other constituencies across the country have made of denying themselves development through voting for the opposition,” Mr. Sakala said.
Meanwhile, speaking in an interview with ZANIS in Lusaka on Tuesday FPP spokesperson Charles Kafumbo called on the Patriotic Front (PF) and United Party for National Development (UPND) Pact to join the MMD.
Mr. Kafumbo said the his organisation was solely behind the ruling MMD in the Chifubu by-election as it was the only party with a vision for the people.
Mr. Kafumbo said the opposition had nothing tangible to offer to the people of Chifubu and the country at large.
The Chifubu seat fell vacant following the death of PF’s Benson Bwalya and the PF has since filled in Susan Kawandami as its candidate, with Brian Banda as candidate for the Alliance for Democracy and Development (ADD) and the MMD’s Frank Ng’ambi and the United National Independence Party (UNIP) has filled in Poko Mambwe.
The Chifubu parliamentary by-election will be held on August 5 this year. |
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