OPPOSITION MUST FIELD ONE CANDIDATE TO BEAT HH EASILY- MUHABI
Veteran politician Muhabi Lungu says the opposition must field one candidate to easily and quietly beat Hakainde Hichilema.
Lungu who served under first president Kenneth Kaunda says unfortunate some opposition parties think are so egoistic that they can win elections even after having performed badly in the last election:
I totally agree with this Statement. The way the numbers were in the last elections and how the Provincial demographics are in the last election Cycle, The opposition needs to have one credible ticket to put up against The UPND. If this is done, I believe that HH can be defeated quietly easily. However, as you say, too many leaders in the opposition think they can win; even though all of them for less than 1% in the last election. If you look at Historical data from 1991, that is 9 residential elections, all Presidential candidates who have stood more than once, some five times, All of them ( with the exception of Michael Sata) got worse and worse in scoring the more times they stood.
This is the case for Elaise Chipimo Jr, TJ Kaunda, General Miyanda, Nevers Mumba and even HH. He dropped from 25. 5% in 2006 to 18. Something in 2008 and obtain 19.9% of the total vote in 2011.
He only increased to 47% in 2015 because Sata died and all of a sudden the PF did not have a united candidate as ECL was chosen in an acrimonious situation. So, for any of the candidates in the last election to believe that they will Jump more than a 1,000 % to obtain 50 plus One, is an extremely, extremely Tall Order. We have to be realistic in politics candidates don’t jump from say 0.6% to 50 plus 1 between one five year election Cycle.
We in the opposition must identify one credible ticket to support or the most likely outcome is we can defeat by the UPND. This would be extremely reheatable. The problem is, truly, is oye little Egos.
If these egos are not tempered, it will be the undoing of all of us, because HH will come and fix all of us if he gets a second term.
HH will not be easily beaten regardless of any permutations the opposition use whether they use one candidate or not because we Zambians still love him despite the hard times. He is simply the best out there. None of the jokers in our political space is comparable to him by any means.
Muhabi be told that HH is going nowhere until 2031. There is no reasonable opposition to talk about in Zambia.
Mr Muhabi Lungu Sir, your clarion call to unite the opposition camp just in order to come and defeat the incumbent popular HH7, regardless of who you field as your presidential candidate, is the saddest scheme that has so far never worked and may never work in Zambia at least in our lifetime. You may be tempted to support your wildest dream by referring to the 1991 defeat of KK by Chiluba but that scenario was different because Zambians rallied behind one opposition political party MMD, there were no tuma UKWA or Tonse kindergarten alliances then. But if you are able to temper the Mmembe, ECL-like egos in your camp there may be some hope for you, otherwise the undoing of all of you is a matter of a few months from now, because Bally will irreparably fix all of you in the ballot box like you have never seen before. Don’t come and say you were not warned.
Who is that candidate Sir? May be you can tell us because to start with, even if all the opposition parties fielded you, it’s unthinkable that you can defeat HH easily. In 2021 before he even beccame the president, HH defeated all the opposition leaders combined including Lungu. So what has changed now to give you those false hopes? Now that Lungu is even ineligible to stand in 2026, what you are suggesting is just wishful thinking because even you, you know that it cannot happen.
Muhabi, why do you want to defeat HH? You should be talking about what the opposition can do better which the electorate will buy into and vote for your collective opposition. As matters stand, Mr. Edgar Lungu is ineligible but clinging to Tonse Alliance to achieve what?
The crop of presidential candidates in the opposition at the moment needs more to desire, l would rather continue with HH than waste my vote on the opposition.Those in opposition have no message to the Zambians only to remove HH from state house,So what ? I thought ECL has a message to put across but to my surprise he is also not putting his thoughts and plans especially that he was president before.I remember Michael Chilufya sata outlining his vision even HH said l will fix the economy and for sure the economy is being fixed,he said l will employ civil servants and for sure those doubting individuals like ba Brian Mundubile are able to see the reality. It is not until the opposition presidential candidates start giving hope then maybe the current regime will be removed from power.The will of change will be driven by the message being put across.
This is a very wrong approach to politics.
The opposition must show a road map of how they intend to handle the challenges that citizens are facing. Removing the one who is actually doing a very good job is high grade schyopedity. Democracy is competition of ideas, not shameless greed and lusting after power so you can loot the treasury.
These misleaders who are calling themselves opposition have ZERO ideas to better the lives of Zambians. They are all just doing tantameni to chew the loot that Lungu stole.
Muhabi, no doubt you are one of very few Zambians with a functional brain. On this one you have have not applied yourself intelligently. Look, Zambians with all what they are going through would like someone with a clear vision of how to take this country from this level to another level of reduced hardships. Whoever will carry that message will be a dear of Zambians. Zambians are not interested in changing presidents for the sake of it at all. They are beyond that level. We have a least peace , sanity and decency for now and will cling to that.
Isn’t an opposition’s position on contesting zn election is to win to progress the nation.
It would appear that to Mr’ Lungu his last statemenent , if HH gets another term he will fix all of us,, is the motivating factor to contest and win tbe election.. looks like Zambia’s progress doesn’t matter to him and his party, strange politics
That will be the day. Who doesn’t want to be president? When time for filing in for presidential polls comes just see how opposition leaders will turn against each other even within their own parties.
HH will just leave the seat at the end of his term NOT ati kumuchosapo by you twigs it can’t never!
Wait for 3031 August NOT August 2026.
Sorry mwachepa sana.
In any case, you can keep on dreaming so that it ain’t boring waiting for 2031.
Unfortunately for you the adopted Presidential candidate under UPND will take the top job… meaning back to UPND again until 2041…kikikiki these are facts!