UPND NOT ALLOWING OPPOSITION TO HOLD RALLIES BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER POPULAR – MPUNDU
ICHABAICHEI leader Binwell Mpundu says UPND is not allowing the opposition to hold rallies because they know they are no longer popular.
Speaking in an interview with Daily Revelation over the weekend, Mpundu said the UPND cannot allow others to meet because they know that they will expose their failures to the people of Zambia.
Mpundu rated the UPND government performance since they formed government one out of ten.
“They are scared, they are not democrats they are scared allowing their friends because they are not popular. They can’t allow others to meet because they know they will expose their failures to the people.
It is one out of ten, tell me the area they have performed? Well look at the situation, the energy situation, look at the fuel situation, the electricity situation the commodities situation etc”.
Daily Revelation
You are very useless like used condom
Are you not an MP from CB? It’s just yesterday when streets of Kitwe were red with students. That kind of support can not be given to a party that’s losing popularity, may be you meant SP. you want rallies and yet you don’t even have leaders, Lubinda led PF faction no leader, Tonse, no leader, UKWA or UKA, no leader. So how do you gain popularity more than UPND when you are a headless chicken?
The time for campaign rallies willcome. The Electoral Commission of Zambia has a clearly defined designated period just before the elections (three months?) for campaigns. Otherwise the nation will be in campaign mode for five years, immediately after the elections.
Rallies need state resources (police to keep order and associated financial costs). It would be costly to the national treasury and that is why the ECZ has a clearly defined campaign period even for by elections. The time for campaigns will be from May to July 2026 and a week or so before the elections, the campaigns will cease by order of ECZ. Please correct me if I am wrong.
So why do opposition parties want to operate outside the limits of the electoral act? Outside those campaign rallies, political parties are allowed to mobilise through recruitment of members and strengthening party structures.
Be patient Mr. Mpundu. The time for campaign rallies will come and the ECZ will make a public announcement that campaigns can now commence. Donot mislead the public.