By Daily Revelation Editor
The constant bickering in the PF seems to have no ending. But while this is all happening, the time is speedily ticking towards the August 13, 2026, and definitely isn’t waiting for them.
This time around, an official in the presidential aspirant Brian Mundubile’s Tonse faction, Dr Chris Zumani Zimba, has urged another Tonse Alliance and PF acting president Given Lubinda and fellow presidential aspirant Makebi Zulu to stop whatever they are doing so that they could be considered for running mate. He says the offer is open for 12 days.
Zimba says the offer has been extended following what he said was feedback, advice and guidance from different stakeholders within the PF, the Church, traditional leaders, academicians, the media and the alliance itself.
He says by accepting to be running mate, either Zulu or Lubinda may fast track their chances of being in government as a vice-president.
Predictably, those in the other camps swiftly shot back dismissing not only the statements from Zimba but also the presidential candidate he was speaking in favour of.
It’s a seesaw kind of affair that seems not to be going anywhere right now. But in the midst of this bickering, there is one cardinal element all these wrangling parties are forgetting. That they are stronger together and weaker when they are apart.
What a political party like PF needed given the court and state battles that were unleashed on them following the illegal convention of 2024 and the subsequent name changes at the Registrar of Societies, was togetherness, maturity and wisdom.
We know that the parties involved in the wrangles are interested in the presidency, and that right can never been taken away from them. But they needed to go about it in the modicum of unity and maturity, not in the manner they are going about tearing up each other, where the whole thing now appears to be like a comedy, over matters which demand seriousness.
But whatever is happening is actually in keeping with PF and its indiscipline. Indiscipline is one common theme that has always been associated with the PF, both during their time in public office and in the opposition. However, while they have been able to survive indiscipline in the past, this time around it may just cost them this election, and more importantly their very existence as a political organisation
We know that the bickering factions have got their own support base. Some have more supporters, and others moderate. However, the fact that they are depending mostly on their intraparty support base complicates their calculas going into the general election. They are better off resolving their differences as one united front as opposed to the factionalism they are perpetuating everyday.
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By Daily Revelation Editor
The constant bickering in the PF seems to have no ending. But while this is all happening, the time is speedily ticking towards the August 13, 2026, and definitely isn’t waiting for them.
This time around, an official in the presidential aspirant Brian Mundubile’s Tonse faction, Dr Chris Zumani Zimba, has urged another Tonse Alliance and PF acting president Given Lubinda and fellow presidential aspirant Makebi Zulu to stop whatever they are doing so that they could be considered for running mate. He says the offer is open for 12 days.
Zimba says the offer has been extended following what he said was feedback, advice and guidance from different stakeholders within the PF, the Church, traditional leaders, academicians, the media and the alliance itself.
He says by accepting to be running mate, either Zulu or Lubinda may fast track their chances of being in government as a vice-president.
Predictably, those in the other camps swiftly shot back dismissing not only the statements from Zimba but also the presidential candidate he was speaking in favour of.
It’s a seesaw kind of affair that seems not to be going anywhere right now. But in the midst of this bickering, there is one cardinal element all these wrangling parties are forgetting. That they are stronger together and weaker when they are apart.
What a political party like PF needed given the court and state battles that were unleashed on them following the illegal convention of 2024 and the subsequent name changes at the Registrar of Societies, was togetherness, maturity and wisdom.
We know that the parties involved in the wrangles are interested in the presidency, and that right can never been taken away from them. But they needed to go about it in the modicum of unity and maturity, not in the manner they are going about tearing up each other, where the whole thing now appears to be like a comedy, over matters which demand seriousness.
But whatever is happening is actually in keeping with PF and its indiscipline. Indiscipline is one common theme that has always been associated with the PF, both during their time in public office and in the opposition. However, while they have been able to survive indiscipline in the past, this time around it may just cost them this election, and more importantly their very existence as a political organisation
We know that the bickering factions have got their own support base. Some have more supporters, and others moderate. However, the fact that they are depending mostly on their intraparty support base complicates their calculas going into the general election. They are better off resolving their differences as one united front as opposed to the factionalism they are perpetuating everyday.
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