MUSUKWA WARNS AGAINST BACK-STABBING
PATRIOTICFront (PF) members must stop back-stabbing each other and instead pursue genuine dialogue and adequately prepare for the 2021 elections, national mobilization committee chairman Richard Musukwa has advised.
Mr Musukwa said party officials at various levels should stop reporting each other to the higher authorities of the party to get favours, but must learn to dialogue and resolve differences amicably.
In an interview in Kitwe after a reconciliatory meeting for Copperbelt leaders, Mr Musukwa said the party needed genuine reconciliation to promote unity in the party.
"We need genuine reconciliation in the party, we don't need those who want to back- stab others. This culture of reporting each other to higher authorities of the party will only serve to create division and hatred.
"If you choose to report your friend to the higher authorities of the party, it means you want your friend to be fired. Now, if your friend is fired on lies which you reported, are you going to be happy? What are you going to achieve? " Mr Musukwa wondered.
He said the party structures should not feel intimidated by the mobilization committees which had been formed, but must be ready to work with them ahead of the 2021 elections.
Mr Musukwa, who is also Mines Minister, said the party structures and mobilisation committees should jointly be able to exchange notes on various issues regarding the party and how to approach the 2021 campaigns. He said as national mobilization committee chairman, he would closely monitor the performance of the Copperbelt committee led by Bowman Lusambo to ensure its was operating in line with its mandate.
"The mobilization committee and the party structures are both working towards a common goal of ensuring victory for the Patriotic Front in next year's election and so let us not entertain unnecessary antagonism.
"The Copperbelt provincial chairman Nathan Chanda should also embrace the mobilization committee and work together so that they yield desirable results," he said. Mr Musukwa also cautioned Zambians to be wary of opposition political leaders promising quality and caring leadership when they had exhibited bitterness and hatred of the worst kind in the political arena.
"Whoever wants to be Republican President or Member of Parliament must show his ability to improve people's lives even before he is elected into office.