By Isaac Zulu
I am on sabbatical leave, says Andrew Ntewewe.
Ntewewe, who many believe as having never allowed a chance to pass in parroting the then ruling PF interests in the same manner some ‘civil society organisations’ are already parroting UPND interests in what is fast becoming a partisan alignment of civil society and in the process attracting the name ‘surrogates’, was asked by Daily Revelation on why he has been quiet and not commenting on governance issues when there are a lot of things happening on the political front.
In response, the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) president acknowledged that there is lot happening in Zambian politics, but he cannot comment because he is on sabbatical leave for a year, adding that he has a note book in his hand, taking stock of what is happening governance wise.
“I am on sabbatical leave and that is why I have been quiet. I will only be back in office in the year 2023 and definitely we will be providing checks and balances. Of course there’s a lot happening governance wise, but I cannot comment because that would mean that I am back in office. But I have my note book and taking stock of what is happening,” Ntewewe said.
He explained that Zambians have been in an election mode since 2008 and that kept him busy and he is now fatigued.
“This country has been having elections almost every three years since 2008. From 2008 we had general elections in 2011, after the death of president Michael Sata we had to go to a by-election in 2015, then we had general elections in 2016 and general elections in 2021. So it’s been a marathon, I have not been resting and I had some fatigue. So I thought I needed to take leave,” said Ntewewe.
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