‎A shameless opposition!

By Revelation Editor
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‎Citizens First (CF) leader Harry Kalaba recently said he agreed with Vice-President Mutale Nalumango when she said that the opposition in its current status could not win the 2031 general general elections.
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‎Kalaba gave his own reasoning for the same, including the notorious aspect where loyalty to the people is totally absent as most opposition leaders out there choose to withdraw from elections as candidates at the slightest scent of money or opposition.
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‎We experienced a terrible situation in this country, where a party that was from performing exceptionally well in the August 13 general elections, NRPUP, chose to simply stay away from contesting any by-elections that came along a few months after the elections. Actually some of the elections were occasioned by the fact that it was the NRPUP which occasioned th following the death of their candidate like in Lumezi. But what did the NRPUP do? They simply stayed away and gave some of the most bogus reasoning for having done the same. Is this the opposition Zambians should pin their noses on? Definitely not! Actually it remains questionable if they were even going to keep their promises had people made the mistake of electing them into office, with such display of glaring disloyalty. These are politicians who would rather assume power and spend all their five years in office building their selfish narrow portfolios, and having nothing to do with the people actually.
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‎The comedy in the NRPUP was followed on by more comedy in the Mandevu and Lumezi by-elections, where all the opposition candidates withdrew from the races, as if they came under the same spell at the same time. Their disloyal actions simply opened the door for the UPND to walk in and take the seats free of charge.
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There have been assertions that the UPND paid the opposition candidates to pull away from the races. That is a huge possibility given how the candidates were pulling away like rats whose hideout had been invaded by fire. But whether the issue of money exchanging hands was a reality or not, the blame must squarely fall on the candidates. In the first place no one forced them to contest in the elections. Secondly, other candidates had to be overlooked for some of these little cheats to contest. Thirdly, if they had come this far in the campaign period, why did they, almost all of them, just see the need to pull out of the races in the very last week before the election? Some claim they pulled out because of the violence. Yes the violence could have been there and must be denounced. But did they just see the need to pull out in the last one week of that violence? How about all these other months and weeks they campaigned in the midst of the same violence? Are these opposition leaders one can really trust that they would look out for their good if elected into office?

And because of the weak Zambian psych where a simple campaign song is enough to sway one’s attention, some of these people may actually come back on the scene under some popular candidate and they will find favourable accommodation with the same masses. Very shameful!
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‎Some other little charlatans actually withdrew from the race and with all their senses issued a statement that they appreciated the UPND programmes and were therefore endorsing the President and returning to the ruling party. Just imagine the insanity for a moment. A few days ago, or even hours before that buffling decision, the same individuals had been chanting about how the same President and ruling party had failed Zambians.
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‎Is this an opposition people can really place their hopes on? Is this an opposition that can hope to win elections and unseat the ruling UPND from office in 2031? An opposition that lacks self shame, and has no morals to defend? An opposition that prides itself in shame? Zambians must demand accountability and put such kind of an opposition on the spot, in the same manner they demand accountability from those in public office. What a shameless opposition!