UPND popularity artificial, remains regional
THE recent victory of the Patriotic Front has not only strengthened its dominance over the UPND, but has significantly put the last nail on the opposition party’s coffin in the Northern block.
The zeros UPND got at the notorious Kalito and Sesa polling stations has vindicated our claims that UPND only has artificial popularity in the Northern region.
Unlike the PF which has been accepted in Western and North-Western provinces, the support for UPND tilts in one known region. This is the definition of a regionally-inclined political party.
It is correct to assume that even the accredited UPND polling agents and the people spearheading their campaigns voted for the PF candidates.
The wind of continuation is blowing in the direction of the PF and President Edgar Lungu is certainly headed for a second term. The decision to vote for the PF is not only the fulfillment of democratic processes, it is the renewed hope that the PF still remains the party of first choice and there is no alternative that can suitably replace it. We also note that the opposition politicised the death of the late PF MPs as they made reference to the incoherent reference to Bill 10.
As though that was not enough, the boiled hearts of electorates who were in the mourning mode were further provoked when UPND president and Presidential candidate Hakainde Hichilema insulted the Bemba-speaking people in their language and at home ground.
This is in addition to the many unanswered questions relating to the role that Mr Hichilema played in the pri
It is correct to assume that even the accredited UPND polling agents and the people spearheading their campaigns voted for the PF candidates. vatisation process which relegated many breadwinners into disgraced destitutes. The conduct of Mr Hichilema is unheard of for a person aspiring to be elected as President.
Indeed, such reckless actions by Mr Hichilema could only cut all forms of political cooperation between Mr Hichilema and all aggrieved electorates.
While they may bring disproportionate claims that by-elections are insignificant to the general elections, we would like to remind the proponents of such self-comforting claims that a university student who consistently fails the continuous assessments is destined to fail the final exams. Therefore, the examples of previously won by-elections is circumstantially distinguishable from the PF.
There is no doubt HH is in dire desperation for the Bemba-speaking vote.