04/12/2025
PF IS DEAD, JOIN OTHER PARTIES, MWILA TELLS MEMBERS
FORMER PF Secretary General Davies Mwila says there is no difference between President Hakainde Hichilema and Given Lubinda, describing both as destructive leaders who promote divisions.
He has advised PF members to find other political parties where to stand and move forward, so that Lubinda can remain with a ‘shell’ since the party is no longer there.
Mwila further says Lubinda is avoiding the PF conference because he knows he can’t win.
Last week, PF aspiring presidential candidates agreed to postpone the party conference following some party disputes, which saw Lubinda removing acting Secretary General Brenda Nyirenda, Party National Chairperson Emmanuel Mpakata Musonda and Mwila from the central committee.
Mwila, who was also commenting on President Hichilema’s remarks that many public workers report for duty but fail to deliver results, said it was too late for the President to be complaining about work culture, as that amounted to leadership failure.
“First and foremost, the President when he was campaigning, he promised that he is going to change a lot of things including the work culture. And it’s now four years and some months, next year we are going for elections, that’s when the President is complaining about the work culture. That is leadership failure. The President should have dealt with all these issues maybe in the second year of him being in office, now it’s too late, who is going to change? No one, it is only our government that will change the work culture of our people, it ends there. But we need us PF to unite because under the leadership of Given Lubinda, I don’t see this party getting united because he’s the one trying to create confusion, because when you suspend 10 people, that is confusion. You are not uniting the party. So, what we are saying is that if he can fail to unite a party, what about a country?” he wondered.
“Here we are complaining about Hakainde Hichilema’s failure to unite the country. So, what is the difference between Given Lubinda and Hakainde Hichilema? There’s no difference between Hakainde Hichilema and Lubinda. They are all destructive, they always bring divisions in leadership. So, what we are saying is that Hakainde Hichilema and Lubinda, there is no difference. How can you bring a person who sold the party? Miles Sampa sold the party, the problem we are going through was created by Miles Sampa, who sold the party to UPND. You put him as secretary general. People must be serious, PF must be serious, and he is a candidate (Given Lubinda), how do you entertain nonsense? You can’t entertain nonsense”.
He said some PF aspiring candidates like Chishimba Kambwili were jokers, as they had earlier ganged up with President Hichilema to defeat PF.
“I can tell you that if you look at Miles, and especially those who are coming from Northern Province, sometimes they are a problem. Because Miles Sampa is from Mpika. KBF wants to work with PF now, but they are the ones who ganged up with Hakainde Hichilema to destroy PF and remove PF from power. But today, KBF wants to work with PF, how does it work? Chitalu Chilufya was eating with Hakainde Hichilema, every day he was praising Hakainde Hichilema, today he wants to be a candidate. Are PF officials serious? You can’t take them seriously, those are jokes. All those who want to stand, Chishimba Kambwili went and ganged up with Hakainde Hichilema. They are the ones who introduced UPND in Northern Province, but today they want to stand as president. People must be serious as we go to the general elections,” said Mwila.
“That’s why it is important that we look at the candidates, let’s look at the candidates who have credibility, candidates who will make us win. The problem is Honourable Given Lubinda doesn’t want to go to the general conference because he cannot win, so if he can’t go to general conference, what next? So, under the leadership of acting president Given Lubinda, he has failed to unite this party, he has failed to hold this party because there is too much confusion under his leadership. So, if he can fail to lead the PF, what about the country? People must make decisions because PF is no longer there, so people must find other political parties where to stand and we move forward, that’s the advice I’m giving to PF. If Lubinda wants to remain with a shell, let him remain with a shell”.
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