LEADER of one of the PF factions Given Lubinda, has rejected the legitimacy of his group’s expulsion from the Tonse Alliance, telling members and supporters to ignore what he described as a purported and unauthorised announcement of their removal.
Yesterday, while Lubinda and his PF comrades were drumming up support for FDD candidate Bright Nundwe in Chawama, Tonse Alliance vice chairperson Danny Pule sailed the Given Lubinda-led boat out of the alliance.
Lubinda said the so-called meeting, convened by Tonse Alliance co-chairperson Pule, was illegal, unauthorised and deliberately timed to coincide with a PF-organised political rally in Chawama, effectively excluding key stakeholders from discussions.
He accused certain alliance colleagues of bad faith and political mischief, saying their actions undermined the very principles of collective leadership and mutual respect that the Tonse Alliance was built upon.
The PF faction leader insisted that his party cannot be reduced to a non-entity in an alliance it helped form and sustain.
Lubinda further said, illegal resolutions were passed at the meeting convened without their presence, including attempts to amend the Tonse Alliance Constitution through a virtual meeting.
He said the action was in direct violation of an earlier resolution that all constitutional amendments would only be addressed at a duly convened physical meeting scheduled for January 20, 2026.
“Accordingly, any documents, statements or materials circulating on social media purporting to be resolutions of the Tonse Alliance are hereby disowned in their entirety, are illegal and illegitimate and must be ignored with the contempt they deserve. For the avoidance of doubt, the status quo within the Tonse Alliance remains unchanged,” Lubinda said.
He added that the Tonse Alliance would soon convene a proper, lawful and duly constituted meeting at a date to be announced, where all outstanding matters would be addressed strictly in accordance with the Alliance Constitution and agreed procedures.
By George Musonda
Kalemba, January 8, 2026
