SP IS THE FASTEST GROWING OPPOSITION POLITICAL PARTY
…word on the streets is that Zambians want Dr M’membe for Presidency – Dr Musumali
Lusaka, Wednesday, March 1, 2023 ( Smart Eagles)
Socialist Party General Secretary Dr. Cosmas Musumali has said the SP is the fastest growing opposition party in the country.
Dr Musumali disclosed that people in the streets are yearning to have party leader Dr Fred M’membe as the Republican President in 2026.
The Socialist Party has spread its structures in all the 10 provinces of Zambia.
All the districts, apart from roughly Six (6) have structures and the party is currently working on having structures in those districts as well.
80% of provincial offices have already been fully occupied.
Talking of the Capital City, there is no corner in Lusaka that does not know SP and the party is currently working to enhance the activities at branch level structure.
The SP is also focusing on making the structures self-supportive where members are learning life skills. These kills are in agriculture, health and many other income generating activities.
And in an interview yesterday, Dr Musumali said those who are saying there is no strong opposition in the country are basing their insinuations on what is obtaining in the opposition Patriotic Front.
“People that are saying that Zambia does not have strong political opposition, I think they are looking at mainly at what’s going on in the PF, that is fragmented, it is supposed to be the main opposition political party. SP does not have Members of Parliament, but the PF has. So the PF, whether we like it or not, in that view is supposed to be the main opposition party. But it is fragmented. There are too many internal divisions and in fighting. So Zambians are worried about that. And they are asking the question what next,” he said.
“And that question is also coming because they are tired of the ruling party. It is already over a year and they are feeling like they need to know who is going to be the next. They need to know the leading opposition political party that will be the party of their choice. And the more you ask people today in the streets, on the buses and other public places they will always point to maybe the next one should be M’membe. But as SP we have to do more, that is why we are focusing on the structures. It is the structures that will give us the visibility, it is the structures that will allow us to go to the mass front, talk to the people, confirm that indeed the next option is Fred M’membe, the next option is the Socialist Party.”
Dr Musumali also said a political party should not promise masses that they are going to scoop power come 2026.
He explained that it is the masses that should be saying “enough is enough, we are tired, there are a lot of promises that were made and these promises have not been fulfilled, because of that we need change.”
The General Secretary said people fight for change because they want a better livelihood.
“People fight for change because they want material benefits. When people say we want political change, they are not just talking about ideas, they are not talking about theories, they are talking about am I going to buy food, excess food cheaply? They are talking of will this economy create jobs so that the youth, the young people of this country can also have a livelihood. They are talking about if I am a small scare farmer, will I be able to access my fertilizers, my farm inputs at a reasonable price at the right time? They also fight for what is there, what has been stolen,” he said.
“The word we use normally is corruption, theft, this is public money, public resources that are being stolen and people know that. This is the money that should be coming to them and that money is being stolen and they want that money for social services. They want that money in education, they want that money in health. So it is the Zambian people that today are saying we do not want another four, five years of corruption, and they will make the decision come 2026.”