Simayaba right on Tongas

Dear Editor,

I TOTALLY agree with Sylvester Simayaba with his view of appointing Tongas to positions of authority in the PF party structures in their respective districts of the Southern Province.

If these positions are elective and since electing certain Tonga individuals may not work, let us as PF have a strategic and deliberate policy of ensuring to have indigenous people in positions in provinces where the party is not strong not just in Southern Province but in Western and North Western Provinces. That is we can, if possible sign an intra-party statutory instrument to allow the President or the Party Secretary General to appoint certain indigenous individuals in these provinces to run the party affairs. That is if this provision is not in the party constitution. If that cannot work let us go back to the drawing board and amend the party constitution to usher in this phenomenon.

People in those areas will be very comfortable to work with their own and speak the same language. I am sure we can find some capable indigenous people in these areas who are PF members.

We ought to realise that politics is about numbers and inclusion. So let’s look at all the legal avenues and ways of attracting every possible individual to our party for it to grow further than this in all the corners of the country.

Moses P. Sichula (PF Diehard)