ALLEGED PF FUNDING FROM ZAMBIA SUGAR, INDO & SHOPRITE.
There is nothing wrong for private companies, individuals and businesses to support any political party of their choice in democratic republic like Zambia.
This is why Zambia is a multiparty democracy and respects the freedom of association.
The ideal of gagging business men and women and corporations to support political parties is against the spirit of multipartyism and promotes money laundering in the country.
It also shrinks political and business space and promote secret deals behind the curtains.
Multipartyism can’t survive when the would and life blood of multipartyism is malnourished due to limited funding.
In the absence of state funding, businessmen and women, private sector and corporations remain the only sources of funding for political parties overtly or covertly.
Therefore, let not dwell in the old where political parties were strangled to death by closing their source of funding.
In this regard, labelling those companies supporting opposition parties as anti-government is undemocratic and must not be entertained as it promotes business men and women to be double dealers.
They will give using the right hand to the ruling party and use the left hand to give opposition just to be politically correct.
Let us promote an open and transparent political system that does not stifle political party survival.
I submit
McDonald Chipenzi