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| Sort out mess, UDF governors tell Muluzi |
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Pilirani Semu-Banda, 17 November 2004
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Some UDF regional and district executive members from the South have written their party chairman Bakili Muluzi for the second time within three weeks calling for the formation of a task force to reverse a situation where, they claim, the party is being used by a few individuals as a personal club.
The group has also called for the suspension of regional governor (South) John Chikakwiya, who is being accused of asking district governors in the region to boycott President Bingu wa Mutharika’s rallies and discourage their members from going to any of the presidential functions.
But Chikakwiya dismissed the calls on Tuesday, saying the people making these calls are “mere regional committee members who just want to bring confusion in the party”.
“We know these people and they are not who they say they are,” said Chikakwiya without elaborating.
The letter dated November 13, 2004 claims that Chikakwiya is going against resolutions of a meeting held on November 10, 2004 at Muluzi’s BCA Hills where the party chair “made it clear that the party has to work together”.
The authors of the letter said they are now working and operating in fear since “we are being followed and that it is just like working in the then MCP days”.
The letter proposes that a task force composed of Speaker of the National Assembly Rodwell Munyenyembe, former Minister of Housing Kaliyoma Phumisa and Deputy Minister of Agriculture Sidik Mia be set up to investigate the root cause of problems in the party.
“The task force should go to Tanzania and find out why the late Dr. Julius Nyerere stepped down from CCM [Chama Cha Mapinduzi] as chairperson when he wanted to be controlling Ali Hassan Mwinyi from the back. This will be a good case study for you and the entire Nec,” said the letter.
But party spokesman Salule Masangwi said Muluzi called for a meeting of all district governors last week who put down their signatures distancing themselves from the letters “that are flying around”.
Masangwi said district governors who might be signing the letters in contention are being used by people who want to confuse the party.
“They should be working for certain forces to destroy the party,” said Masangwi.
On October 29, 2004, another letter was written to Muluzi on the same matter.
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