MMD advised against selling itself to PF

Zambian Voice Executive Director Chilufya Tayali has advised the MMD against selling itself to the ruling Patriotic Front, stating that the former ruling party can still offer a good challenge to the PF if united with the infusion of fresh blood.

Mr Tayali says the divisions in the MMD are a creation of former President Rupiah Banda who still has loyalists in the former ruling party.

He says people like former MMD National Secretary Muhabi Lungu have a responsibility to stick around MMD and reunite with party President Nevers Mumba in spite on his leadership flaws.

Mr Tayali states that the MMD needs reunite and then go for a convention.

Chilufya Tayali

He says despite the difficulties the former ruling party is going through, it remains an admirable party in Zambia’s history after spearheading the reintroduction of multiparty democracy and putting the country back on track after the economic malaise of the 1980s.

Mr Tayali adds that unlike other political parties which were formed an centred on individuals, the MMD was formed by a number of people as a movement, and is not owned by one person but belong to its members collectively.

He says the MMD can therefore be revived especially by young people because it is among the parties where young people can join and aspire for any leadership position due to its solid constitution and democratic selection of leaders.

Mr Tayali states that the MMD should therefore not sale itself to the PF which he says is suffering from identity crisis after the death of President Michael Sata.