Being
a statesman (second term parliamentarian, former Vice Chairman and now member of
the budget and finance committee), an astute professional in the field of architecture,
a loyal and consistent member of the SDF from the 90s and a financially viable
personality with a clearly wealthy family background, many are wondering why
Hon Fobi Nchinda Simon didn’t win the primaries to represent the SDF as
Presidential candidate.
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| SDF 2018 Convention |
He was beaten with a wide margin of at least 887 votes by someone with very
little statesmanship (one term parliamentarian, successor of Fobi as Vice Chair
of the Finance and budget Committee of the National Assembly), wealth, fewer
years in the party and very little to show for professionally as compared to
Hon Fobi; yet he lost. What went wrong should be the question in the Fobi Campaign
team now.
It will not be okay if Prof Kofele Kale and Madam kambiwa who constituted
part of the Fobi campaign fail to observe that just their personalities and
courage were enough to knock the “party strongman” off their back. They have on
at least one occasion disagreed with the big man and so how could you easily
think he will allow you win in his party as he says often?
Where Hon Fobi got
the courage from after the 2011 experience when he dared the Chairman for the post of Presidential candidate when he was still eyeing it and the many sanctions that followed
him and his supporters only him can tell.
After being disqualified in 2011 for submitting an incomplete file, Fobi this time succeeded to go through with his file but finishing with 134 of the 1164 available votes could not still give him the opportunity to apply for the top job that could take him to his dream office in Etoudi.
After being disqualified in 2011 for submitting an incomplete file, Fobi this time succeeded to go through with his file but finishing with 134 of the 1164 available votes could not still give him the opportunity to apply for the top job that could take him to his dream office in Etoudi.