PF vs MMD and UPND, the battle for Livingstone


The two major opposition political parties in southern province, Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) and United Party for National Development (UPND)  have ganged up against the ruling the Patriotic Front (PF) in the forth coming Livingstone parliamentary seat.
The two political parties have since confirmed the development that they will support one candidate the UPND will put up.
UPND Southern province chairperson John Kapepe said in interview that the UPND and MMD had agreed to work together in the forth coming bye election in Livingstone.
He said the teaming up of the two was not an indication that the parties were glittery over the forth coming by election.
Mr Kapepe said the two parties are now making arrangements with the low structures of the two political parties at the grass root so that they could support one candidate.
“We are going to field a candidate on whom the two parties will agree to support,” he said.
Mr Kapepe said the MMD is not fielding any candidate as UPND is popular party that has received a lot people that want to contest on the party ticket.
“We want a person that will represent the people of Livingstone effectively as high quality party we are attracting a lot of people,” he said.     
MMD Southern Province chairperson Edgar Keembe has also said that the two parties had understating that they would field one candidate a way of strengthening the opposition in parliament.
Mr Keembe said the working together of the two political parties would help strengthen the opposition and would help to give the PF government checks and balances in parliament.
 He said it is not the first time that the two parties would be collaborating in a bye election.
“We want to work as at team so that we can offer checks and balanced to the PF government,” he said.
PF district chairperson Freddie Chibuye said that the party is not worried about the opposition making alliances.
 He said the opposition had made alliances before the PF had triumphed over their alliances.
  He said that the issue of the opposition coming up with alliances is not something that is new.
This follows the announcement by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) Public Relations Manager Chris Akufuna that the Livingstone seat bye election will be held on Thursday July 5, 2012.
 
The seat fail vacant following the Livingstone High Court’s decision to nullify the election of MMD’s Lukulo Katombola after he was petitioned by losing UPND candidate Fredrick Chuunga and PF’s Joseph Akafumba on alleged corrupt practices and malpractices.
 

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