Lunte MMD member of parliament Felix Mutati has told his supporters to halt campaigns for his candidature in the forthcoming presidential by-election until president Michael Sata is buried.
Mutati was speaking to journalists on Wednesday shortly after he signed the book of condolences at Government House that has been opened in honour of president Sata.
“At the moment, I will continue to mourn my president and then thereafter, I shall make my position extremely clear to the people of Zambia as to what direction I will take to try and advance the fortunes, not only of Lunte but the people of Zambia,” he said. “My comment to the people that are supporting me and floating my name is that let us mourn and then after we put him (president Sata) to rest, I think we can deal with what lies ahead.” On Tuesday, Mwandi member of parliament Michael Kaingu said MMD leader Nevers Mumba would not be the party’s automatic candidate for the forthcoming presidential by-election.
And Mutati said he was grateful to president Sata for nominating him to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development as well as to the COMESA Committee of Elders. “He went out of his way at an international conference where he pronounced me as the candidate for Zambia for the position of secretary general for UNCTAD. I was humbled by that gesture.
I was also humbled by the fact that he supported me at a regional level at COMESA, till my appointment as COMESA elder,” said Mutati. “I shall forever remember him and the people of Lunte for some of the developments that are taking place.
More importantly, his legacy remains in souls and hearts of the people of Zambia for what he has done for Zambia.”
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Mutati Urges Supporters To Stop Campaigns
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