PF WON’T APOLOGIZE OVER CHILD’S VIDEO THAT SENT UPND INTO PANIC ISAAC MWANZA
Sunday, 20th June, 2021
As members of the Patriotic Front, we have noted the panic reaction by the opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) Alliance to a video circulating on social media in which a beautiful and adorable child sang a song asking God to guide and bless His Excellency, President Edgar Chagwa Lungu as he continues to lead this beautiful country.
Just to put it on record, the Party has no need to apologise to anyone for the wisdom exhibited by that child, in further of her own rights under Articles 12 to 15 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. The PF will seek to protect the voices of the children as guided by President Lungu during his official opening of Parliament in 2016 when he guided that children should not only be seen but their voices must be heard as part
of the development agenda or prosperity of our country.
Children have a right celebrate the achievements by His Excellency and the Patriotic Front in the last 10 years. Children can celebrate the significant improvement in infant mortality rate and improvement of nutritional services which have enhanced the health status of our people, especially children and their mothers. This has been possible due to improved health standards and construction of 650 health posts which has increased access and affordability for healthcare in rural areas.
What the UPND leadership may not know is that under President Lungu’s leadership, Zambia remains on course to meet two targets for maternal, infant and young child nutrition and children remain thankful for the construction of 14,235 classrooms at primary education level and our promise to expedite the completion of all schools currently under construction.
On the other hand, these are the same children and parents who had lost hope when their assets were privatized by some known individuals within the UPND who took advantage of the system to unjustly enrich themselves at the expense of their future. On the contrary, the PF has given hope to these children and their families whose future was robbed. This explains the panic the UPND Alliance is having when they see young children give prayers to God on behalf of their President.
We finally would like to remind the UPND by borrowing the words of Jesus when he said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” The future of this country, under the leadership of President Lungu and the PF belongs to children like that girl.
Issued by
Isaac Mwanza MEMBER PATRIOTIC FRONT