By Merlyn Mwanza
Rupiah Banda was not an angel, says former president Edgar Lungu
Speaking with ZNBC’s Franklin Tembo Jr following the burial of the late fourth president Rupiah Banda at the Presidential Embassy Park this afternoon, president Lungu said what was needed was genuine dialogue in the country, as even former president Banda himself was not an angel but the nation focused on eulogising the great achievements during his life on earth.
The former president said if the nation learnt to dialogue with one another as has been experienced during the days of national mourning, probably the nation could get somewhere. He said if there could be dialogue between those who were in power and those who are there now progress would be made, but “what we are seeing is hypocrisy.”
He condemned what he described as the hypocrisy where people said one thing and ended up doing the exact opposite.
“What we are seeing is the hypocrisy where people say good things and they do bad things. And if we can expunge the hypocrisy from our lives and just say it as it is between now and going into the future, it’s a lesson we are learning from Rupiah Banda’s legacy,” said president Lungu. “People have said a lot of good things, may those good things become part of us.”
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