CONFUSION AS MMD MUTATI FACTION CALLS FOR EARLY ELECTIONS

CONFUSION has persisted in the MMD with the Felix Mutati-led faction now calling for early elections through the convention in 2020. Elections chairperson Gaston Sichilima yesterday said his party would in the coming weeks start elections for party structures across the country in readiness for the convention expected to be held in 2020. He said the party would hold elections in structures starting from branch all the way up to the province adding that the process would culminate into a national convention which will be held anytime in 2020. “I want to put it on record that time has come, as we have been mobilising the branches and our members in general throughout the country, I want to announce that all structures need to be ready for elections from the bottom, you are talking about the branch, you are talking about the constituencies, you are talking about the wards and we go to the provincial. “These elections are to enable us to get ready for the convention which is going to come in any time in 2020. This is meant to ensure that all structures have officials at all levels. These elections are from bottom to top because when we talk about the convention, we are talking about people who we will choose in the top leadership,” Mr. Sichilima said. And Sichilima said the party had remained intact under the leadership of Mr. Mutati who was elected at the convention in 2016. “I want also to appeal to MMD members and the general public that MMD has no factions. It is just one MMD and currently, we all know that the president is Felix Mutati who was elected at the last convention. “I am appealing to all members to be ready for these elections. I also want to say that let’s not go into confusing the membership, if you are not ready for these elections pave way for those who can come and provide leadership in MMD come forward,” he said.