Maxwell Chongu has resigned from CF party and officially withdrawn his candidacy for the Kafue West Constituency parliamentary seat
BREAKING | Citizens First Suffers Double Blow as Two Parliamentary Candidates Resign
Citizens First has suffered a fresh setback ahead of the August 13 general election after two senior party officials resigned and withdrew from parliamentary races, dealing another blow to Harry Kalaba’s campaign as parties intensify mobilisation across the country.
The party’s National Youth Chairman, Maxwell Chongu, has resigned from Citizens First and formally withdrawn his candidature for the Kafue West Constituency parliamentary seat. In a separate development, Richard Phiri has also resigned from the party and pulled out of the race for Petauke Central Constituency.
The twin resignations come at a critical stage of the campaign, with political parties consolidating their structures and finalising constituency operations ahead of polling day.
Neither Chongu nor Phiri had publicly disclosed the reasons behind their decisions at the time of publication, leaving uncertainty over whether the departures reflect internal disagreements or broader political realignments.
For Citizens First, the exits are significant not only because they involve parliamentary candidates, but because one of them held a senior national leadership position responsible for youth mobilisation.
Political parties rely heavily on constituency candidates and grassroots officials to coordinate local campaigns, recruit polling agents and sustain voter outreach during the final weeks before an election.
The developments add to the fluid nature of Zambia’s opposition landscape, where parties continue to experience shifting alliances, defections and organisational changes as the race for State House gathers momentum.
© The People’s Brief | Ollus R. Ndomu
He is joining Tonse alliance and Pamozi hotel alliance his blood needs where very is violence.
These were the people in the opposition who were complaining that they were not being allowed to hold rallies. Now, it is election time and they have all the freedom to campaign and hold rallies, Kalaba is failing spectacularly to do so!
You don’t sleep with a viper and not expect to be bitten.
Kalaba knew it when he accepted the goon Choongo in his party. This was the same moron who mocked the united church with wearing their women’s uniform during the apex of PF cadre politics. He was one of Kalimanshi’s bulldogs.
This should not be a surprise. The goon will soon be on Mundubile’s pulpits and howling and baying about how ‘good’ Mundubile is.
They can change coats, but snakes will always be snakes.
Tizamvela….
It’s no secret where he is going.
