PF dissolves Provincial Executives after defeat

The Patriotic Front (PF) has with immediate effect dissolved the Eastern and Copperbelt Provincial Executive Committees.

PF Secretary General Wynter Kabimba has announced the development in Lusaka on Saturday August 3.2013.

A statement from the PF said Masaiti District Committee has also followed suit in facing the dissolution.

Reason for the decision is however not clear although sources say it is a respond to the recent loss the party suffered in the Chipata, Kafulafuta parliament by-elections where the opposition won the seat.

Kabimba who is also Justice Minister had warned on Friday that the party will deal harshly with traitors within its rank. He said the ruling party had learnt lessons from the by-elections and promised to hit back at traitors and those who were acting in a treacherous manners.

The PF Secretary General also accused people who were not adopted in the just ended by-elections of not supporting those who were adopted hence the party losing the by-elections.

The PF lost three of the four by-elections that was held on July 25, 2013.