Zanu-PF SHOCKER: MP reforms after SATA'S victory

HARARE - ZANU PF hardliners were shocked by a "reformist" Facebook post made by one of their own congratulating Zambia's Michael Chilufya  Sata for sailing to victory in the just ended harmonized elections.

Sata was sworn in yesterday at the High Court of Zambia, in a ceremony that was attended by Vice President Joyce Mujuru. Mujuru led a delegation comprising of state security minister, Sydney Sekeramai and minister of state in the presidential affairs - Didymus Mutasa.

He defeated Rupiah Banda of the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD).

However it is the response of Edward Takaruza Chindori-Chininga that has shocked many a hard-core Zanu-PF faithful and set tongues to wagging in the capital.

Most people who saw the post have started wondering whether Zanu-PF - which has a culture violence and brazen  disregard of the law - is "really" considering reforming its strategies.

Chindori-Chininga comes from the volatile Zanu PF strong-hold Mashonaland Central.

He mourned the culture of violence, urged peaceful conducting of elections, timely announcement of results, and tension free transmission – statements that would attract an internal "probe" from his party.

Below we publish his unedited post from his wall, made at 07.27 am.

"Hon Edward Takaruza Chindori-Chininga

GOOD MORNING. ZAMBIAN PARLIAMENTARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HAVE COME AND GOOD. PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA HAVE SPOKEN MICHAEL SATA IN THE NEW PRESIDENT, THE FIFTH PRESIDENT SINCE OCTOBER 24, 1964. TRANSITION OF POWER FROM PRESIDENT KAUNDA TO PRESIDENT CHILUBA, TO PRESIDENT MWANAWASA TO PRESIDENT BANDA TO NOW PRESIDENT SATA AS BEEN WELL MANAGED FOR THE GOOD OF ZAMBIA. A TRANSFER OF POWER FROM UNIP TO MMD TO PARTIOTIC FRONT PARTY THAT CREATE A CULTURE AND TRADITION OF DEMOCRACY. WE KNOW THAT THE OLD GENERATION THAT HAS AND IS RULING ZAMBIA AS PRESIDENTS AND SOME CABINET MINISTERS FROM MMD AND PF ORIGINALLY CAME OR SERVED IN UNIP GOVERNMENT OR MMD GOVERNMENT. IS ZIMBABWE AS A COUNTRY, ITS LEADERSHIP FROM VERIOUS POLITCAL PARTIES AND THE POLITICAL PARTIES INVOLVED TOO YOUNG TO LEARN FROM ZAMBIA EXPERIENCE THAT ZIMBABWE AND THE ZIMBABWE PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WITH THE RIGHT TO DECIDE RIGHT OR WRONG WHICH POLITICAL PARTY AND WHICH LEADERSHIP SHOULD RULE ZIMBABWE FOR A GIVEN PERIOD AND ELECT THEM INTO POWER WITH OUT POLITICAL VIOLANCE BUT WITH POLITICAL COMMITMENT IN PEACEFUL ELECTIONS BY ALL POLITICAL PARTIES INVOLVED. TO LEARN THAT THE INTEREST OF ZIMBABWE AS A NATION, ZIMBABWEAN CITIZEN PEACE AND SECURITY ARE PARAMOUNT AND BEYOND OUR POLITICAL SELF INTEREST. MAKOROKOTO TO MMD, THE LEADERSHIP AND THEIR PRESIDENT LUPIA BANDA AND ZAMBIAN CITIZENS FOR ONCE MORE TEACHING US THAT YOU COUNTRY IS GREATER AND NATIONAL INTERESTS COME FIRST. MAKOROKOTO TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT MICHEAL SATA , THE LEADERSHIP OF PARTIOTIC FRONT PARTY AND THE PEOPLE OF ZAMBIA FOR WINNING THE ELECTIONS, UNITING ZAMBIANS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH YOUR COUNTRY AT HEART. PPLEASE KEEP THE FIRE OF PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT BURNING. AS FOR ZIMBABWEAN POLITICAL PARTIES, POLITICAL LEADERSHIP AND ZIMBABWEAN CITIZENS, MY COUNTRY MEN AND WOMEN, LETS TAKE A LEAF OF NATIONAL INTEREST. DEMOCRACY, TORELANCE, UNITY, PEACE FROM NEXT DOOR WITHOUT CROSSING AN OCEAN.