Scott Doesn’t Like Me, I have A Small Body But A Big Engine- Lungu. Wednesday, December 03, 2014 MINISTER of Justice Edgar Lungu says acting President Dr Guy Scott is in a personal fight with him because he does not like him. . Lungu was addressing the press on his disputed election as party president when his supporters got agitated by the activities at the Water Forum downstairs. The cadres followed the organisers of the forum and threatened to beat up the cultural group that was entertaining participants, who included foreign delegates. One of the cadres followed a pregnant woman coordinating the event and started insulting her. “Iwe, tawishibe ifilechitika pamulu? Tizaku****** mukapitiliza (Don’t you know what is happening upstairs? We will f*** you if you continue [making noise],” the cadre shouted. The woman, who seemed to be a member of staff at Mulungushi, tried in vain to reason with the cadres. “You people, this is a different function and these people here have booked for this venue as well. There are people who have come from outside the country. What picture will they have of this country if you cause confusion here?” the woman pleaded. Outside the hall, the cadres chanted slogans and sang songs in support of Lungu, disturbing students who were writing ACCA examinations from the same venue. Some cadres even went to solicit for food meant for the delegates attending other functions. During his address, Lungu said he was legally elected PF president and threatened to crack the whip on those opposed to his election. He went ahead to announce the dismissal of party secretary general Bridget Atanga, her deputy Anthony Kasolo, and suspended election chairperson Sylvia Masebo, before naming Davies Chama as the new secretary general. Lungu said acting President Dr Guy Scott was an anarchist, whom he was not going to tolerate, and that he was not too weak to handle him. “Those people have perceived me as a very weak and soft person, but there is hard stuff inside there. He (Dr Scott) wants to test my weight. I have a small body but big engine. I am the PF president now,” Lungu bragged to the press. “Now, where is Sylvia Masebo and Bridget Atanga in all this? These two people seem to be behind the confusion we are seeing today…. When I was elected as party president yesterday (Sunday), our vice-president Dr Guy Scott issued a media statement purporting that the decision of our most superior organ of the party, the general conference, was cancelled and nullified. Dr Scott has no power, no competence at all to issue such a statement.” He said he was the only person who could nullify an election in the party. “The only person at present who can nullify or make any pronouncements to that effect is me. It is not surprising that Dr Scott nullified my election because he has been renowned in the country for nullifying his own statements,” Lungu said. “He fires me and then he nullifies his firing. I am sure he will still nullify the statement he made yesterday.” Lungu, who is also Minister of Defence, said the acting President was in a personal fight with him because he hated him. “People had made it clear that they wanted me to be the president of the party. But because he didn’t like me and he doesn’t like me up to now, you can see by his conduct that it is more of a personal fight,” he claimed. Lungu, however, asked for unity with Dr Scott, acknowledging that the acting President was close to president Sata. “But whatever wrong I have done to Dr Scott, I extend an olive branch and ask him to come forward so that we can continue soldiering on because he was very close to president Sata. I will be failing president Sata if I abandon him,” he said. Lungu told Dr Scott to leave PF and join another party if he was not willing to work with him. “If you are tired of the PF, please leave us in peace; go and form your own party. There are so many parties that can deal with the likes of Dr Scott, so go out there and join them,” said Lungu. And Inonge Wina said no one could nullify the election of Lungu as party president. “Lungu is the president and if there is any candidate that will be chosen by another group of people, it will be illegal,” said Wina.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:03:56 +0000
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