EXPELLED ruling Patriotic Front (PF) Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili has challenged the decision of the ruling party to expel him as its member in court.

And Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Patrick Matibini has written to the ruling party informing them that Mr Kambwili has challenged his expulsion in Court.

The former Information and Broadcasting Services Minister and his former Copperbelt counterpart Mwenya Musenge were expelled from the PF on Saturday, 22^nd, July, 2017 after a PF MCC meeting.

PATRIOTIC Front (PF) Secretary General Davies Mwila has written to the Speaker of the National Assembly Dr Patrick Matibini notifying him about the expulsion of Roan Member of Parliament Chishimba Kambwili from the party.

In exercise of his powers under the Party Constitution, Mwila has also written two letters of expulsion from the party to Kambwili and Mwenya Musenge.

Mwila has stated that the decision to expel the duo was in line with the disciplinary powers vested in the Central Committee under the Party Constitution.

“I write to inform you that by virtue of the disciplinary powers vested in the Central Committee under the Party Constitution, it was decided by the Central Committee to expel you from membership of the Patriotic Front effective 22nd July 2017,” read the letters in part.

“After deliberations by the Central Committee, in exercise of its powers of original jurisdiction under regulation 37(b), the Central Committee found you in violation of paragraph’s (c), (d) (h), (i), (n) and (p) of the Regulation 29.”

Kambwili and Musenge have also been advised to hand over all party property in their possession if there is any.

He has since wished the duo all the best in their future endeavors.

This was contained in a statement availed to Mwebantu by PF media Director Sunday Chanda.

UPND President Hakainde Hichilema says it is time for the opposition and the ruling political party to put their differences aside and hold unconditional dialogue.

Hichilema says those that want to put conditions should be left behind and that those that wish for the dialogue should convene and find solutions to problems that are affecting Zambians.

“It’s time we had dialogue, unconditional dialogue. We are nationalists’ dear colleagues, these are times when we should put all our differences aside and work for the common good. If others are putting conditions, they can be left behind and let those that are willing, who are the majority anyway, convene and find solutions to problems that are affecting us as a country,” Hichilema says.

Hichilema says UPND is not interested in the Government of National Unit (GNU) because those terms are used for failed states.

“This is not time to be talking about Governments of National Unit (GNU), those terms are used for failed states. And UPND will not be interested in such a government,” he says.

“The PF and UPND are sitting on opposite sides of the political ideology, how can someone even think of such a thing? For the record it is not UPND that mentioned such a thing and we are not interested.”

He says that no one person is bigger than Zambia, hence the need to start dialogue immediately.

“As UPND we are not putting any conditions to any dialogue, all we are interested in is that the country must begin to talk,” Hichilema adds.

A talking country is a progressive country. Colleagues, I leave it to you out there to actualise the dialogue with whoever is interested and UPND stands ready to lead the coalition of the willing if the Government is not interested.”