Give business opportunities to people who can help grow PF Dear
THE ANC of South Africa and Zanu-PF of Zimbabwe have a proper system in place to ensure that the par- ty structures from the top organ to the lowest organ are well supported and fi- nanced by making available both employment and busi- ness opportunities making them extremely strong on the ground.
I have noted that as a par- ty, the Patriotic Front is not taking advantage of certain clauses in our own PF consti- tution that are meant to equip our party structures and sympathisers with economic freedom as a result our par- ty is becoming weak on the ground.
EFF leader Julius Malema once said “Political Freedom without Economical Freedom is useless.”
The answer to the current problems between the PF structures and the national mobilisation team is to make our party structures access both business and employ- ment opportunities.
Heads of parastatals and other quasi government or- gans must familiarise them- selves with the PF constitu- tion to ensure that no one drifts away from its pro poor manifesto meant to improve the welfare of the nation and people.
It’s painful to see that party structures are left out when it comes to enjoying both employment and business opportunities in preference of people that do not under- stand our pro poor manifesto above all do nothing to help grow the party on the ground.
What message of hope in terms of economic freedom do we expect our PF officials to take to the people on the ground if they themselves are languishing in abject pover- ty or living slightly above the poverty line.
The party hierarchy must consider tapping into some of the ideas from our youths meant to empower the struc- tures countrywide in the best interest of the party and President Lungu.
Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, heads of para- statals, directors, procure- ment and human resources managers must never negoti- ate with Article 3 in our party constitution lest they want to champion a different agenda from our pro poor manifesto as PF.
The late President Sata (mhsriep) the founding father of PF frequently used to say and I quote “Ichikalika pan- sanka musumba wa bwali”.
We don’t expect the PF to be attractive and strong on the ground if our party struc- tures and sympathisers can- not access economic freedom, that’s like trying hard to build Castles in the air.
The situation on the ground is sad because most of our party structures are in vast districts which makes it extremely difficult for our PARTY OFFICIALS to orga- nise the party using their own hard earned little resources.
The PF must come up with a system on how our party structures can be empow- ered in the last remaining few months before elections if truly we want to it grow in numbers.