SOME MMD youths in Lusaka met yet again on Sunday evening and restated their determination to get MMD president Nevers Mumba out of the party.
The youths led by Lusaka Central constituency youth chairman Jacob Mtonga and Kabwata youth chairman Leslie Chikuse say they will embark on massive demonstrations until Dr Mumba quits.
“We are holding meetings everyday with different party members because we are convinced that Dr Mumba is destroying this once vibrant party,” Mr Mtonga said.
About 40 youths attended the meeting.
“We have previously called on the NEC to hold an emergency meeting to iron out the party’s problems but to no avail, hence our stance now,” Mr Mtonga said.
Mr Mtonga said the youths will fight to correct the wrongs in the MMD, adding that the youths will be consistent with their stance on Dr Mumba.
“If he continues to be our leader, there will soon be no MMD,” Mr Mtonga said.
He denied that the youths are being sponsored by some people.
“We are visionaries who want to ensure that Dr Mumba leaves because he is destroying the party,” he said.
But MMD Die Hard Coordinator Bowman Lusambo scoffed at the demands, saying the youths have been paid to destabilise the MMD.
“Those guys have been paid to cause confusion in the party. We know who is funding them but they will not succeed,” Mr Lusambo said in an interview.