By ADRIAN MWANZA
BICKERING and infighting by senior members of the Patriotic Front is a recipe for disaster if left unchecked, says a member of its central committee, Ms Jean Kapata.
Ms Kapata said that members needed to be united more than ever most especially that they were just from losing an election.
She said the bickering would only weaken the party more and make it go into oblivion if the aspirants continued with the infighting.
“What we need right now is for people to sit down and reflect about what really went wrong for us to lose like that,” she said.
Ms Kapata said that the continued bickering was working to the advantage of the UPND and that if the chances of the PF were to remain alive it was dependent on how they would deal with the aftermath of the August 12 general election loss.
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She said that it was too early to talk about who was going to take over the mantle from PF President Edgar Lungu as not even two months had elapsed from the time the party lost power.
Ms Kapata said that she was confident that they would carry out an audit so that they could come out stronger and probably choose leaders that would bring back the party’s lost glory.
Last week, Mr Chishimba Kambwili and losing presidential running mate Nkandu Luo differed over who should take up the party presidency.
And a PF member, Expendito Chipalo said the former ruling party had been held captive by cartels and that there was need for men of valour to free it from the selfish people.
Mr Chipalo warned that the refusal by some PF officials to accommodate each other would lead to disintegration.
“It’s one of the reasons we lost. Many people knocked on the doors of the secretariat with ideas and warnings but they were shunned. Please make a distinction between campaigning and usurpation,” he said.
Mr Chipalo urged PF officials to be level headed when contributing towards the process of rebranding.
He also advised PF officials to ensure that the post mortem over the August election loss was managed well before the actualisation of changes at hand.
“The process should not be selective, everyone at all levels must be involved,” Mr Chipalo said.
