Sunday 19 August 2012

CSO’S COMMENT ON MMD’S FRESH DEREGISTRATION NOTICE


Speech For Growth, a Civil Society Organisation has backed the move by the Registrar of Societies to issue a fresh 21-day notice to the opposition Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) requesting the party to settle the outstanding K400 million Kwacha owed as statutory fees or face deregistration.
Speech for Growth Director John Mutekenya says he sees nothing wrong with the plans by the Registrar of Societies in deciding to take action over MMD’s nonpayment of the statutory fees.
Mr. Mutekenya notes that the former ruling party should have known it was required to be paying statutory fees as a party still in operation.
In an interview with ZANIS, Mr. Mutekenya stated that just because the party was just coming from being in office did not give the MMD an excuse as a sacred party.
And, Anti-Voter Apathy Project (AVAP) executive director Richwell Mulwani expressed disappointment as to why the former ruling party was owing the Registrar of Societies an enormous bill.
Mr. Mulwani stated that what the Registrar of societies was doing was only trying to remind MMD of their arrears adding that the former ruling party should not even cry foul as though they were the only ones being targeted.
He observed that MMD was a big political party and was expected to abide by the rules of the country.
He has since called on all MMD party members to mobilize them-selves in order to meet the required outstanding amount owed to the Registrar of Societies.
Yesterday the Registrar of Societies issued a fresh de-registration notice to the Former ruling party demanding that the party pays 400 million Kwacha owed as statutory fees for the 42 branches countrywide
 ZANIS

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