TONSE ALLIANCE ELECTS MUNDUBILE, CONFIRMS ITS OWN DISARRAY
By Thomas Chewe
The election of Brian Mundubile as President of the Tonse Alliance has not revived the opposition bloc; it has merely confirmed its deepening disarray.
Instead of unity, the outcome has exposed open rebellion at the top. Senior Patriotic Front figure Given Lubinda has rejected the legitimacy of the Dan Pule–led Tonse Alliance under which Mundubile was elected, making it clear that the new presidency is not universally recognised, even within the alliance itself. This is not renewal. It is fragmentation wearing the mask of leadership change.
An alliance that cannot agree on who leads it, or which structure is legitimate, cannot credibly present itself as an alternative government. What was once sold as a united opposition front now resembles parallel camps fighting for control of a fading political brand.
Mundubile assumes office not as a unifier, but as the face of a divided and directionless coalition. Titles have changed. The chaos has not. Zambians are watching, and the verdict is increasingly unforgiving.