{"id":82128,"date":"2026-04-03T23:14:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-betrayed-mikles-sampa-incident-explained"},"modified":"2026-04-03T23:17:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:17:40","slug":"pf-betrayed-mikles-sampa-incident-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/pf-betrayed-mikles-sampa-incident-explained","title":{"rendered":"PF Betrayed: Mikle’s Sampa Incident Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>What happened at Mile\u2019s Sampa is not politics\u2014it\u2019s betrayal.<\/p>\n

We all saw the direction the party was taking after the \u201cno-name\u201d convention. Hope was returning. Order was coming back. Makebi Zulu was elected by the will of the people.<\/p>\n

But one man has decided that the will of the people means NOTHING.<\/p>\n

Miles Sampa has chosen power over unity.<\/p>\n

Power over integrity.<\/p>\n

Power over the Patriotic Front itself.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not sugarcoat it\u2014what happened at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in 2023 was not a convention. It was a setup. And today is the continuation of that same scheme.<\/p>\n

Yes, the courts may have spoken.<\/p>\n

But politics is not just about legality\u2014it\u2019s about legitimacy.<\/p>\n

And Sampa has NONE.<\/p>\n

He agreed to reconcile.<\/p>\n

He agreed to hand back the party.<\/p>\n

He participated in the process that elected Makebi Zulu.<\/p>\n

But today? He has thrown all that away.<\/p>\n

This is not leadership. This is deception.<\/p>\n

The Patriotic Front is now back to ZERO\u2014all because of one man\u2019s selfish ambition.<\/p>\n

And let\u2019s be honest\u2014some senior members are celebrating this chaos because they never wanted Makebi in the first place.<\/p>\n

Shame.<\/p>\n

Michael Sata built this party on strength and conviction.<\/p>\n

Edgar Lungu held it together in power and in defeat.<\/p>\n

Today, it is being torn apart from within.<\/p>\n

Zambians are watching.<\/p>\n

PF members are watching.<\/p>\n

And history will not be kind.<\/p>\n

A party that ignores the will of its own people is a party digging its own grave.<\/p>\n

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