Failed MPs must pave way for new blood
Dear Editor,
IT’S mind baffling to see some leaders who were given chance to lead but failed still want to stand on the Patriotic Front ticket. I am wondering if they mean well for President Edgar Lungu and the party, even when they're being rejected openly by their own constituents.
Don Cole once said "if you know that your current situation is disadvantaging very important call the majority, kindly and calmly take some steps back and allow your colleagues to take a centre stage for your benefit and prolonged lifespan of the institution."
Do they really care? It's time to pave way for new blood so that our party can continue growing.
In Chawama constituency, we have a leadership vacuum like many other Lusaka constituencies but my focus is on the three so that I leave something for another day.
Ms Tasila Lungu has grown politically, and if she is to be given a chance to join the Manda Hill race, then PF is likely to win Chawama by a landslide. She has done more than the incumbent in a number of projects and humanitarian gestures.
She is soft spoken and humble what makes her extraordinary is but that she is action-oriented.. If one was to ask which one is better, words or actions? A wise person would pick the latter.
Chipangali constituency needs new blood to attract more votes. Mr Vincent Mwale has lamentably failed despite being a cabinet minister. Leaders who have failed their community should not shorten the political lifespan of President Lungu and the PF as a whole.
If your applause is outdone by the complaints learn to allow the new blood to put things in order. It's time to protect President Lungu. For now think of President Lungu’s victory above yourself.
Mr Lubusha may have his weaknesses yet he is an Eastern bulldozer, a force to reckon with and to win Chipangali with the current state of affairs in the constituency, we need him.
Kanchibiya needs no other than Sunday Chanda, and the few times I have visited the constituency with him, and interviews I personally carried without his knowledge, I proudly say there will be no need to campaign with our lungs out once he is adopted to represent Kanchibiya.
With Mr Chanda at the helm PF is going to rake more votes for President Lungu.
CORNEL ZIMBA.