By Staff Reporter
Senior PF officials are taking issue with party campaign resources being managed through State House, as opposed to being managed through the party secretariat.
Well placed sources have told Daily Revelation that they were concerned that the secretariat had become more like a desolate place, when it should be bouncing with a lot of activity particularly during this campaign period.
“Can you imagine resources coming through State House permanent secretary Christa Kalulu? That’s why if you ask around there is a lot of demotivation in the campaigns and we risk losing if we proceed on this path because instead of resources being managed through the secretariat which is in direct contact with the grassroots and appreciates how resources must be managed and to whom they must be managed through, everything is coming through State House,” sources said. “Previously the way elections were managed like in 2015 and 2016 there was a lot of motivation for people to go out and campaign as they were provided with ample resources to discharge those functions through the secretariat.”
The sources said even just State House officials managing the campaign resources, raised a lot of ethical issues on their own, in that those people were perceived to be civil servants who must not be involved into partisan matters.
“You just go to the secretariat itself and look at its appearance, you would not believe that it is the headquarters of a ruling party that has got huge resources,” sources said.
But some State House officials speaking on condition of anonymity said State House had taken that step to directly manage the resources to curb abuse, and direct the resources to those who would put them to proper use.
“If you have noticed most people use campaign periods as a time to get rich. It is not wrong for people to spend money, but you realise that people start using money which is supposed to be used for campaigns to personally enrich themselves and the party ends up losing as a result,” the sources said. “But in this instance most of the money is going directly to the candidates, campaign managers and other relevant people in the campaigning.”
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