Mpombo should resign immediately, demands C/Belt MMD
By ZANGOSE CHAMBWABy NKWETO MFULA
THE MMD on the Copperbelt has called on Kafulafuta member of Parliament George Mpombo to hasten his resignation from the ruling party as it is clear that he is allegedly not in good standing with the party.
Provincial chairman Joseph Chilambwe said in an interview that Mr Mpombo has now become a faultfinding person within MMD.
“If MMD is a bad party why cling to it? All Mr Mpombo should do is to resign from the ruling party and prove his popularity from outside,” Mr Chilambwe said.
He said Mr Mpombo was in UNIP, he resigned to join the United Party for National Development, the party he ditched to join the MMD.
“What is stopping him from resigning from MMD because that has been his political style,” Mr Chilambwe said.
He advised Mr Mpombo to stop politicising the death of Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Misheck Bonshe.
Mr Chilambwe said it is bad to politicise death which is a natural occurrence.
He was reacting to a story in the Sunday Post attributed to Mr Mpombo who allegedly said that the death of Mr Bonshe will haunt Government.
But Mr Mpombo said he will not resign and will contest the MMD presidency at the convention.
He said he was still popular in Masaiti and urged Mr Chilambwe to stop interfering with matters in Kafulafuta and Masaiti constituencies.
Meanwhile, MMD national secretary Katele Kalumba has called on the Copperbelt MMD provincial leadership to respect the decision of the national executive committee on Mr Mpombo’s case.
Dr Kalumba said NEC will ensure that all procedures are followed and that the ruling party should be strategic on certain issues.
He called on the provincial leadership not to be emotional but to act on strategic sense of political reasoning.
“I understand their sentiments but there should be strategic sense of political reasoning,” he said.
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