By Staff Reporter
Chishimba Kambwili says Zambians should be ashamed of themselves that there is no change that happens in the country even when they vote for change.
Kambwili told Daily Revelation that the blocking of his fellow PF members, Bowman Lusambo and Joe Malanji, from filing in their nominations by the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) was a sad day for democracy, saying the country does not seem to be heading anywhere.
He said every government that comes in seems to be flowing through the same sewer of abusing state institutions that are supposed to be building democracy in the country, saying he confirmed the involvement of an ‘invisible hand’ the moment the commission issued the statement less that 24-hours before nomination that the duo would not be allowed to file in.
He also said his suspicion started the moment GEARS Director McDonald Chipenzi u-turned on his initial statement when he said the the two were eligible, only to change later on that they were not, saying his experience in politics had taught him that every ruling party always had “surrogates”, and whatever they speak represents the official position of those in power.
He said even the court ruling had to wait until after 17 hours, well after the nominations had closed, saying this reminded him of his own experience when then speaker Patrick Matibini kicked him out of parliament and the court ruling in his favour only came after the by-elections had already been held in Roan.
“We must be ashamed of ourselves, all of us as Zambian,” said Kambwili.
He said the PF could not have come up with backup candidates as that would have indicated that they were going along with the wrong that was being orchestrated by those in government.
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