It’s Hichilema’s wider plot to isolate and discredit critical institutions and critical voices-Sishuwa Sishuwa
The escalating attacks by the ruling party in #Zambia on the leadership of the Catholic Church in Lusaka are not accidental; they are part of a wider strategy to isolate and discredit critical institutions and voices that may undermine Hichilema’s chances of re-election in 2026.
Politicians are poor students of history! Hichilema and the UPND would do well to de-escalate. The Catholic Church cannot be silenced or bought off with state patronage.
It has the staying power and an institutional independence that most of its religious counterparts do not.
The escalating attacks by the ruling party in #Zambia on the leadership of the Catholic Church in Lusaka are not accidental; they are part of a wider strategy to isolate and discredit critical institutions and voices that may undermine Hichilema’s chances of re-election in 2026. pic.twitter.com/oGI1dNnU1B
— Sishuwa Sishuwa (@ssishuwa) May 29, 2023