Some PF MPs and Councillors join calls for party convention

Patriotic Front Members of Parliament and councillors attending the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) are supporting calls by party members for a national convention to be held. They have also described the pact between the PF and the United Party for National Development (UPND) as a ‘marriage of convenience.’

Spokesperson for the group, Peter Machungwa in Lusaka on June 7 further condemned the act of violence by some party cadres who on June 5 beat up two founder members.
Dr Machungwa said it was unacceptable and undemocratic for some party leaders to hire thugs to beat up party members who wanted to air their views.

“That is an unacceptable level of intolerance by the party leadership,” he said, adding in a democratic party, people should be allowed to express their views without fear or hindrance.