WE LOST THE 2021 ELECTIONS DUE TO BETRAYAL AND WE MUST UNITE AGAINST IT TO SECURE VICTORY IN AUGUST 2026
A state-sponsored project is once again actively at work, seeking to finish off whatever remains of the Patriotic Front.
What is unfolding is not ordinary political competition; it is one of the most treacherous political manoeuvres in recent memory. Zambians must recognise it for what it truly is: a State Project.
The objective is clear and deliberate. UPND is now attempting to fragment and weaken opposition strength by engineering divisions, particularly by splitting votes in the northern part of the country. Such conduct strikes at the very heart of multiparty democracy and offends the constitutional requirement that the State must remain neutral in political competition.
History teaches us that state projects thrive on deception, infiltration, and division. They are never driven by principle, but by desperation to retain power at all costs. We must therefore remain vigilant, united, and resolute. State projects must be identified early and resisted firmly.
There is no justification for consigning ourselves to political oblivion now, more than ever. One must ask: why these desperate manoeuvres, if not fear of a united opposition?
We must also refuse to remain silent while those who betrayed the late Sixth Republican President now shamelessly claim proximity to him and purport to be custodians of his legacy. Political opportunism must not be allowed to rewrite history.
For the avoidance of doubt, my membership, together with that of many others appointed by the late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu from the Patriotic Front into the Tonse Alliance, was done strictly on secondment and recommendation by the Patriotic Front. That membership therefore remained the preserve of the Patriotic Front. Even President Edgar Chagwa Lungu himself was seconded to the Tonse Alliance by the Patriotic Front. It is for this reason that the PF Central Committee constituted a committee mandated to craft the rules of engagement governing the Party’s participation in the Tonse Alliance.
At no point did any of us enjoy independence of operation or tenure within the Alliance. Any claim to independent authority or office within the Tonse Alliance is therefore misleading and dishonest. The Patriotic Front remains the anchor party in the Tonse Alliance, and there is no other Patriotic Front represented therein except the one under the stewardship of Honourable Given Lubinda, Acting President.
The creation of the Tonse Alliance was, and remains, a strategic political model intended to rebrand the Patriotic Front into a more civil, inclusive, and united opposition platform, one that reflects and advances the aspirations of the Zambian people.
I remain resolute and unwavering in my commitment to the protection and defence of the Patriotic Front, not merely as a political party, but as a critical pillar of Zambia’s democracy and constitutional order.
Celestine Mambula Mukandila, Esq.
If you don’t recognize the divisions are slf made, then you won’t progress to your illusion unity.
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It is unreasonable to allege that the UPND is responsible for the fragmentation of the PF and the opposition. The PF did not lose political power in 2021 because of disunity; it lost because it was run by criminals and cadres who engaged in hooliganism and had no regard for humanity. The PF became a tribal and corrupt party, led by individuals who misappropriated public funds for personal gain.
The PF used violence to intimidate political opponents and systematically embezzled public resources. Whether the PF reunites or not, it will never win the 2026 General Elections. The UPND will still win the August 2026 elections because it remains the party of choice for Zambians.
The UPND has taken decisive steps to restructure the massive and uncoordinated debt left behind by the PF. It has restored democracy, law, and order in Zambia, while economic recovery is steadily underway.
Sadly, lessons once again have not been learnt. This party is beyond repair. It is UPND that sponsored over 10 people to pay 200,000 to become president of their party, all but one from same region? It is UPND that created cadres that had terrorised people with guns? Without learning from past mistakes and choose the easy way out can help you regain power. But that is PF, always thrive in chaos. You won chawama isn’t? May be keep on the chaos, you may still enough people who love it and may just return you back.
You did not lose 2021 elections due to betrayal but because of your stealing, corruption, taking zambians for granted, unleashing cadres on innocent zambians and other such vices of which zambian people were fed up of you.
Take responsibility for the mess in your camp. Playing the blame game won’t win you the elections.
Chaos is an inherent characteristic of the PF. Every PF member is a mobile incendiary bomb ready to ignite a fire from within. PF never needed an external force to shatter.
Ati “State project”. You should ask yourself why the state finds it so, so easy to sow confusion in your midst. The problem is not with the UPND. You are the problem. The sooner you realise this the better for you, even though it is rather too late.