WHY ZUMANI ZIMBA DOES NOT WANT MUNDUBILE TO PETITION THE 2026 PRESIDENTIAL RESULTS
Guest Article by Marvin Chola
According to News Diggers, Tonse Alliance Secretary General Dr Chris Zumani Zimba believes Brian Mundubile would be making a “big mistake” by petitioning the 2026 presidential election results, which saw President Hakainde Hichilema declared the winner.
Mundubile has announced his intention to challenge the presidential election results in court, citing alleged irregularities in the electoral process. He has not yet filed the petition.
Zimba’s position is based mainly on the following:
1. ACCEPT THE DECLARED RESULT
Zimba says that regardless of how controversial or painful the outcome may be, ECZ has declared Hichilema the winner and the opposition must face that reality.
2. AVOID FURTHER POLITICAL CONFRONTATION
He believes petitioning the presidential results could prolong political tensions and deepen divisions following the election.
3. PRIORITISE DIALOGUE, PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
Zimba wants the country to focus on dialogue, healing, peace and reconciliation, particularly amid concerns over people who have been detained or are in hiding.
4. BRING THE WINNER AND LOSER TOGETHER
He argues that the winner should rule inclusively while the loser accepts the outcome and supports the winner where possible, as part of rebuilding national unity.
5. HE WILL NOT TAKE PART IN THE PETITION
Zimba has made his position clear, saying he will not participate in the petition process and instead wants dialogue and reconciliation to prevail.
6. NATIONAL UNITY OVER POLITICAL CONTESTATION
For Zimba, Zambia should now move beyond the election dispute and concentrate on healing the divisions created during the campaign and election.
Mundubile’s petitioning of the election results has nothing to do with the evidence. The evidence supporting HH winning is overwhelming. It wasn’t a perfect election, it had a few hiccups, but the will of the people is very clear.
The only reason Mundubile is petitioning the election is to avoid going to jail. He has NOT to come to terms with the fact that the Zambian constitution and the people represented by that constitution demand that he accounts for his actions in regard to
1.) The arsenal of military equipment found at his Kabulonga house. Those found in the house at the time the raid occured have been arrested and charged with treason. He is next.
2.) Illegally declaring himself the winner one day after voting ended.
3.) A warn and caution issued by ACC last year marked the commencement of investigations into over 1.5 billion kwacha worth of road contracts awarded to companies owned by Mundubile. Most of these road contracts remain undelivered to this day.
The petition is just a delaying tactic because he knows that he can not win the petition.
Yeah and especially your last 2 paragraphs.
Mundubile declared himself a PRESIDENT even before ANY vote was COUNTED and ANNOUNCED.
I know he remembers the 2016 PETITION and how they played HH and GBM.
UPND will use the same tactics which Mundubile and ECL used NOT TO HEAR THE PETITION OF bene HH.
HH is a blessed guy. They tought HIM a lesson and he will the same script.
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@Simpo Sitali…. HaaIndigoTyrol can’t come out. He is still nursing wounds from the election defeat. He is too embarrassed that he can say anything.