PF IS A SENIOR PARTY, IT SHOULDN’T BE IN THIS MESS – SACCORD
SOUTHERN African Centre for the Constructive Resolution of Disputes Executive Director Arthur Muyunda, has described the ongoing internal wrangles within the Patriotic Front and their spillover into the Tonse Alliance as “unnecessary” and damaging for a senior opposition party.
Mr. Muyunda says he expects PF to be more united, particularly after the death of former President Edgar Lungu.
Speaking during an interview with RCV News today, Mr. Muyunda has expressed concern over the PF’s internal disunity, stating that instead of setting an example, they are deepening divisions not just within their party, but across the opposition alliance.
Mr. Muyunda emphasized that as the largest opposition party, PF has a responsibility to offer guidance to other political parties within the Tonse Alliance, warning that the ongoing disarray is undermining public confidence.
“PF should realise they are not in government, and that being in opposition, they have a lot of work to do. They need to choose one person who is going to represent them and stop the infighting,” said Mr. Muyunda.
He further cautioned that if the current trend continues, it will become difficult for Zambians to trust the PF with national leadership in the future.
Mr. Muyunda also urged the Tonse Alliance to avoid being drawn into the PF’s internal problems, calling on its members to remain “sober and united” as they work to identify a capable leader to take the alliance forward.
RCV
When History is written, people will indeed wonder how a Party with 60 Members of Parliament, hundreds of Councilors, Mayors and Council Chair persons, and Solid National Party Structures failed to come up with a reliable Platform for the party to carry on its vision for the country…but instead chose to get entangled with Zeros in Sean Tembo and KBF, nonentities and just Social Media bloggers masquerading as Political Parties. The Patriotic Front is too big a party to be running around like a headless chicken.
Yes , the dominos were initiated through State Machinations, and the Judicial Road blocks at the behest of the Mingalatoon, but even so , an Alternative Platform can be organized, even at this hour.
Infact the injustices on Patriotic Front members, many of who are in Prison over flimsy cases, and Schemes against the Party can be enough motivation for the Patriotic Front to be determined and resolved to ensure a Platform to resist the attempt to obliterate the members as well as the Party is created…and that Zambians who still see the Party as an alternative can be given that choice.