FORMER Patriotic Front (PF) secretary general Edward Mumbi has said those opposing the television series "Stand up for Zambia" produced by Chanda Chimba III and reproducing PF leader Michael Sata’s speeches are insincere because the producer is not adding or subtracting anything from Mr Sata’s true character.
Mr Mumbi said in an interview in Lusaka yesterday it was unfair for some sections of society to condemn Mr Chimba for reproducing what Mr Sata had been saying.
He said Zambians should in fact commend Mr Chimba for exposing Mr Sata’s true character because he had not been misquoting the PF leader on anything.
“What is surprising is for even Mr Sata himself to describe that programme as promoting hate when it is himself who has been saying what Mr Chimba is simply reproducing without adding or subtracting anything.
“Let Mr Sata deny that it is not him in those pictures being shown on the programme,” he said.
Mr Mumbi said Zambians should not support media institutions that were in the habit of burying their heads in the sand but should instead commend Mr Chimba for quoting Mr Sata accurately by reproducing exactly what he had been saying word for word, thereby portraying the PF leader’s true character.
He described as dull, people that had been condemning Mr Chimba for showing the Zambians the true character of Mr Sata.
He was surprised that Mr Sata reacted the way he did in the Post Newspaper when President Rupiah Banda just said at a rally that Mr Sata was a vicious person who did not spare anyone as shown on "Stand up for Zambia" programme.
Mr Mumbi said the PF was now feeling the heat because Mr Sata’s true character had been exposed to the public through Mr Chimba’s programme.
“Mr Sata should also realise that he is aspiring for public office and is liable to public scrutiny, which Mr Chimba is simply doing. People need to be reminded of the character of a person eyeing public office,” he said.
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