By Kamuti Muyambela
Parliament is not a platform to champions ethnic inclinations, says Southern Province minister Cornelius Mweetwa.
Speaking in Choma yesterday, Mweetwa said the UPND is disappointed with some PF members of parliament, who he said were using the tribal lens in dealing with national issues so that they are perceived as victims in the ongoing crusade against corruption.
The UPND spokesperson said the ruling party feels tribal sentiments being orchestrated by some PF parliamentarians are not only divisive but also lack substance considering that the fight against the graft is not ethnically driven.
Mweetwa said PF parliamentarians cannot anchor their debates in parliament on tribal sentiments advising them to focus on national issues as the house is not a platform to champion ethnic inclinations.
He said even outbursts by politicians like Sean Tembo and Chishimba Kambwili which border on mediocrity will not take the two politicians anywhere, as Zambians are determined to see the UPND government deliver on its election promises, key among them, economic recovery.
Mweetwa further distanced the UPND from some claims that the state plans to eliminate Sean Tembo, saying the ruling party has no time for such trivialities.
