Fired minister now supports RB's 2011 election bid

Fired former Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Development Lameck Chibombamilimo backs President Rupiah Banda as MMD presidential candidate for the 2011 elections.
Chibombamilimo says it is logical and easy to sell a candidate who is already in office. He was speaking at a press briefing in Lusaka June 7 adding that although he may have differences with some individuals in the MMD, the interest of the party overrides anything else. Chibombamilimo is Mpulungu member of Parliament.

“Let me hasten to add that this opinion is informed by the fact that while I may have differences with some individual members of the party, the interest of the MMD overrides anything else,” he said. He said it will be risky and costly for the party to begin looking for a new candidate even when the opposition seems set to field the same candidates they have had in the past two or three elections.