Tue, 17 Jan 2017 07:09:21 +0000 By Rogers Kalero SEVENTEEN Members of Parliament (MPs) of the ruling party on the Copperbelt have described the group of disgruntled PF members planning to form a splinter political party as power hungry elements with inflated political egos. The 17 MPs charged that they were alive to the schemes by a clique of PF members who had overrated themselves that they would succeed in wrestling power from President Lungu in the next general elections. Alexander Chiteme, chairman of the 17 Copperbelt-based PF MPs said loyal and committed members should seek to resolve party issues internally instead of rushing to the media, or seeking to divide the party by forming splinter groups. Mr Chiteme said in a statement yesterday that the 17 MPs including the Independent parliamentarians from Wusakile, Chimwemwe and Kantanshi were in full support of the PF government under President Edgar Lungu. “President Lungu has just started […]
