REPUBLICAN Vice-President George Kunda has said the PF-UPND Pact has introduced violence in the campaigns for the November 19 Solwezi Central parliamentary by-elections, saying MMD and the people of Solwezi were peaceful.
Condemning the violence on arrival in Solwezi yesterdayto drum up support for the MMD candidate, Albert Chifita, Mr Kunda said the two Pact members had a long history of violence in previous by-elections.
He said it was well-documented that while PF president, Michael Sata spearheaded the violence in the Chawama by-election where people were injured, the UPND were also known for violence, the Mapatizya formula.
Mr Kunda said MMD was committed to the declaration of Zambia as a Christian nation and would not engage in violence, which was allegedly perpetrated by the youths, which the opposition parties imported from other provinces.
"With us we have the Chitambo formula, which is about peace. We don't want violence, we have maintained peace from 1991. With peace, we can protect investments, investors can feel free to come to Zambia," he said.
Mr Kunda, who was accompanied by senior Government leaders, including Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa and Mr Kapembwa Simbao, said it appeared UPND president, Hakainde Hichilema would not stand in 2011 and was selling Mr Sata.
"Even in this by-election, Mr Hichilema is selling Mr Sata. But here in Solwezi and the rest of the province, people don't vote for Sata. In Central, Southern, Eastern .. people don't vote for Mr Sata," Mr Kunda said.
The North-Western Province had a great future for Zambia and should not be handed into wrong hands that had nothing to lose.
Acting MMD provincial chairperson, Pinakin Patel said Solwezi Central was still intact as an MMD constituency and the ruling party would on November 19 beat the Pact that had no root in the province and had resorted to provocations by pulling down campaign materials.
And Mr Chifita, whom Mr Kunda introduced as the most formidable and popular candidate, said he was the best candidate as he understood the needs of Solwezi, unlike some of his rivals who stayed in Lusaka and only came to Solwezi to stand as parliamentary candidates.
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Without Guidance do a People fall and deliverance is in a multitude of Counselors Proverbs XI / 14.
The above is what I may call BREACH OF TRUST
By Oliver Mupila. Member Zambian Think-Tank -USA
Failure to adhere to democratic principles, the past and present MMD leadership has failed to govern Zambia . Democracy cant be built with hands of broken souls of hungry people ..
Over the years about over four decades now. In todays Zambia poor leadership and mismanagement of the nations worthy , the MMD till now uses opportunistic agents , to destroy and terrorize those who expose the MMDS political mismanagement and their ruthless commitment to evil against the people who voted them in power.
We the People have called in questions that the past and present MMD leadership is not able to account for the misdeeds and political torture that has been going on ever since they took over from the UNIP government in 1992, the MMD had failed to govern the Nation and has stolen from its own people who put them in office by not accounting for the millions of dollars that was made out of the sales of the nations mines. Where is the money? Where is the accountability? where is the leadership? Where is the government? Where is the trust?
According to the poorer standard of living in Zambia, the MMDs failure to adhere to democratic principles has contributed to the deep polarization and unrest that we are witnessing in Zambia toady Years ago Zambia was know not to be a nation of hungry people, blessed with abounding natural resources and was one of the most peace loving nations in the Southern part of Africa at that time blessed.
Eventually , four decades later, however, Zambians having grown accustomed to good leadership in the one party sate, too many of the Zambians grew self-indulgent. Multiparty politics and fake politicians were quick to exploit this weakness by using political lies of telling the Zambian people that when they took over the peoples standard of living was going to change for the better. Nothing has been done yet the so called MMDS wind of change has brought the wind of death since 1992 millions of Zambians have no jobs and most of them have dead due to the none improved economic situation and their has been no established situation of transparency and accountability in the MMD government to win the trust of the people of Zambia. This is a Breach of trust. The people need to know now. You can not run a nation like a toy nation. Since MMD was established by drug lords and smugglers , in a matter of years , their poison has seeped into virtually every hungry Zambian via a web like distribution system in the name of democracy that flourishes under the noses of the yes bwanas and its corrupted whole system.
The MMD has extolled the psychic and political thinking of the Zambian hungry people with more harm than good, ironically , the MMD and its thugs a long with their privileged family members , were the first to succumb, their children stud outside Zambia, while the rest of the Zambian kids can not go to school with in the country. The last most tragic victims are children who end up being street kids.
In the final stages of the political plague a lot of political fights and formations of political parties , MMD founder members broke up , lots times , since 1999 most of the MMD members became addicts of fake political and outright became susceptible to poor leadership an infectious disease of which they unwittingly spread a cross the country. At that point in time the one good nation withy its industrious great and peaceful people have so withered with hunger and has fallen victim to same recycled fake politicians and poorer leadership mentality of the MMD. Now it is over, we can not be dealing with the same people that keep on bringing poverty to the Zambian people - therere wrong.
In the early 90s Zambians wanted change, This is a capsule account of what actually happened , yes we wanted change but it seems , that the fake leadership have underscored its glorious position between heaven and earth . By 2011 the hungry people of Zambia are going to bring them down. This is the right time to redress the imbalance of life until the fake MMD leadership is replaced by 2011 , then shall the people be able to taste good living into the nation. Without guidance do a people fall and deliverance is in a multitude of counselors, proverbs XI/14. We have no more interest in the same kind faces. It is hereby declared that it is beneficial for us as a people who are weary as a cure from poverty ailments to have an accountable government. The MMD government is disparagingly the wise fool for they have been doing nothing but stealing from the nations wealthy and its people. The Wise fool is an addict of political lies while stretched out in their dens while people go hungry and became more victimized as the fake MMD leadership grows and gathers height, the people have became infected with , shot life and because of living below 50 cents a day, this has brought a lot of torture on the lives of people. The MMD is responsible for all the political terror of hunger and it should not run for any elections in 2011. MMD has lied to the Zambian people, failed and violated the governance and has thus waged a war on the people that up them in office based on lots of facts of non accountability, with the intention to inflict as much pain as possible on the Zambian people by using political terror in order to break down the peoples personality , later they are left as political victims, who life in the community is shattered and powerless, thereby sending a clear warning to others within the political , students, social or religious opposition. Abuse of office is terror to the Zambian people. Now is the time to remove the conspiracy that has is killing the Zambian people .
Most of us as Zambians sense a danger , a lose of control , an erosion of life, living below 50 cents , at a time when such pressures as poverty, political infighting and declining revenues aware also taking their toll, the poor MMD leadership is ragging through Zambia and the people have been invaded by the people they helped put in power. The effect is a rapid decline. People have no jobs and this has happened out of neglect, disrupting Zambias vital system of living . The people been pushed beyond endurance.
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What does it take to win an election in todays world of hyper-change?
It takes speed. Adaptability, Innovativeness and hair-trigger responsiveness to rapid democratic change.
People need to be aligned with true leadership, people who can tell the truth, moving in the same direction. Governance needs to be focused on moving forward, instead of protecting the corrupt system or defending the status quo, if not resistance leads to change ..
Resistance is the most common side effect of change. If you dont encounter it, you have to wonder if youve really changed things much in your life and for others. But did you know that resistance also can cause problems? Are you able to resist poor leadership ? Can you fight for change in 2011? Change triggers the governments immune system . The Zambian people will start to resist , trying to fight off the change. This just seems to be the natural order of things. Upset the status quo and here comes the opposition. Zambians should initiate change of government by 2011 with the idea that, more than likely, it will stir up resistance somewhere. The Zambian people anticipate this in 2011 and we as a people are better positioned to handle it.
The opposition must explain the rational for change 2011!
Resistance often has been rooted in the lack of understanding in the way the Zambian politics are played . Most Zambians withhold support for the opposition simply because they havent figured out the situation of the Zambian leadership. The thing is that millions of Zambians in the first step have not had an education that will help them get with the program of the government. The people as voters should have the logic that drives change .the opposition must build their case and make it compelling. Portray the situation as a crisis , if possible , so Zambians come to the conclusion that some kid of change is absolutely necessary.
Never assume everybody automatically catches on, even if the reasons for change should obvious. Spell it out for them and dont expect people to get it because youve run it once or twice or three times. Some voters are slow learners - maybe theyre not paying attention to what will come ten to twenty years down the road, maybe theyre just hard to convince.
The Zambian opposition needs to keep on explaining , until all the people know where the change is coming from .Without that, its hard to hold people accountable for their behavior.
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