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MCP should guard against dark forces
By
Our Reporter - 17-01-2003 |
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The first united MCP national executive committee (NEC) meeting tomorrow will be a ground-breaking exercise for the party coming after four years of a bruising rivalry among senior members of the party which left the once mighty party in tatters.
We understand the party has lined up several items on the agenda which include the way forward for the party after the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2000 over the twin conventions the two MCP camps held, reviewing the party’s constitution which has been a source of conflict, the presidential candidate and his or her running mate for the 2004 elections, among others.
The party has said it will also quiz its treasurer general Hetherwick Ntaba to explain his side of the story about allegations that he is wooing fellow MPs to support the third term bid by the UDF.
All these are very crucial issues which can break—as they have done in the past—or make the party depending on how they are handled. The losers, when the opposition cannot speak with one voice, are not only party members but the whole nation which looks to MCP to play its rightful role of providing checks and balances to government.
Being the main opposition party, we view the transformation the party is undergoing as a development that will have a far-reaching impact on the flourishment of the country’s fledgling democracy as well as on helping government run its affairs well.
We can only encourage the changed party to guard against any forces that might be working to dislodge it.
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