THE MAST COMMENT
You’ve fixed Lungu, now fix the economy!
Socrates said, “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old but on building the new.”
Unless the UPND and their leader Hakainde Hichilema recast, not even the barring of Edgar Lungu from contesting the 2026 elections would save the new dawn government.
From the 2015 and 2016 presidential losses against Lungu to the infamous Mongu traffic incident that saw Hichilema slapped with that trumped up treason charge, the current President has been a bitter man. He can’t stomach the mention of Lungu and there was no way he would have allowed his political archenemy on the ballot. Through imingalato, as he called it, his administration orchestrated the destabilisation of the PF, which forced Lungu to abandon his retirement and enter active politics. But swiftly the frightened Hichilema and company moved into their second gear. They went to court to revisit his eligibility. Now the Constitutional Court has barred Lungu. Hichilema has scored in the first half of the game that pits politics and the economy.
Despite the rhetoric of national unity, rule of law and economic transformation, Hichilema has spent three years fixing his political competitor(s) to guarantee himself a soft landing into second term. The UPND leadership has refused to change the political landscape from one based on ruthless application of lawfare to a true democracy where the free will of the people reigns. Just like during the dark point of the PF, the wishes of man in power prevails at all costs.
As Stephanie Gutzmer argued, “Many people resist change possibly because of the perceived risk or fear that change will not be beneficial in the end. Other people resist change because it’s more comfortable and familiar to stay with what you know. But no matter how hard you fight it, change happens.”
Indeed, the UPND must be careful with what they have been wishing for. In this case, blocking Lungu and annihilating the PF from Zambia’s politics.
The political dynamics have changed. No ruling party can force a leader on citizens. If not careful, the UPND’s move to have Lungu barred may instead facilitate the ushering into government someone worse than Chagwa and Hakainde himself! Let’s watch the space. We hope the UPND won’t cry foul!
In the meantime, while the opposition political parties are yet to present themselves to the masses ahead of 2026, Hichilema has presided over almost every traditional ceremony this year as he canvasses for votes. His reelection campaign is in full swing but he won’t let others do the same. But now that he has FIXED Lungu and not the economy, we urge him to focus on what he promised the citizens of Zambia.
As economist Trevor Simumba advises, “Time to move on please. Hope the President and Govt can now focus on the economy and stop this obsession with ECL. He is done. The country has real problems that need solutions. The biggest opposition to the UPND is not ECL it is the economy & people that have been marginalised!”
Denis Waitley guided that, “Change the changeable, accept the unacceptable, and remove yourself from the unacceptable.”
And what magic wad does the Mast comment have for UPND or HH to fix the economy. Making useless comments without analysing and coming with alternative solutions is a waste of time and shows lack on maturity!! Is the Mast comment blind to what the new government is doing to fix the broken economy??
This is bullshit from the stear himself. We would rather have a donkey to rule us than you who stole simple napsa contribution for post workers.
Lungu fixed himself.
By his own greed and lust for money and power.
You can not violate the law with impunity.
Leave HH out of this fake narrative.
The economy is not fixed by one man! That is why Zambia has been wallowing in dirty for decades. It has more harp less critics who can not even grow half a Lima of maize or make a living without depending on salary, corrupt deal or relatives! Grow up!!
You may speak grandloquently and make fake unjustifiable references from some thoughts of other humans but you don’t think correctly yourself.No one fixed Lungu and no one to fix him, your thinking is wicked.Lungu showed high appetite for Presidency and forgot about time prescription in the constitution.He wanted to be supreme and to outsmart the constitution,the laws of the people for the people of Zambia.You who wants to be abused by a selfish being are on your own.You can’t even take note of a straight forward wrong temptation of cheating.You remind me of a character in one of the African writers books who cheated a white man from France that he was not drunk but ate orange and lied that oranges in Africa smell like beer.The Lozis say “sesisa feli sa tolela” meaning any thing that does not end brings taboos.If you insist on your Lungu’s come back expect something strange and hard to understand experience “taboo” or bad omen.A mango tree will produce nice fruits and they will get ripe and people will enjoy eating but time will come it will finish.But if you expect mango from a tree, and off season it’s a taboo.You will end up being bitten by a snake that is resting in the tree.The economy of a country is fixed by it’s people through hard working and not being an arm chair critic.Stop jokes.
Mmembe, just go farming. Politics have failed you – or is it you who has failed politics!
It is easy to place the blame for hardships on the shoulders of leaders if they are not the leaders that you chose. In the minds of their opposition, a leader turns into an enemy; their mistakes turn into premeditated attacks; their human flaws turn into irreparable defects; their missteps turn into wicked conspiracies. Many refuse to see any good in those who disagree with them simply because their beliefs are different.
Fuck you