ZAMBIANS WILL HAVE THE FINAL SAY IN 2026 – CHANDA
… says the seat of authority does not belong to anyone but Zambians.
LUSAKA, SATURDAY, MAY, 31, 2025 [SMART EAGLES]
NEW Congress party president Peter Chanda says the fate of the UPND in 2026 will be decided by Zambians.
Speaking in Lusaka today, Mr. Chanda said Zambians will decide who would be there President and that no one should claim that they hold the key to national leadership.
He said the seat of authority belongs to the people of Zambia and not individuals.
” Mr. Hichilema is saying “twalikala kale, akekala pesa’, I want to remind him that the seat of authority does not belong to anyone. It belongs to the Zambian people and it is the Zambians that are going to decide who to put on the seat of Presidency in 2026,” Mr. Chanda said.
” As Tonse Alliance let’s us know that our common denominator is to ensure that we restore the dignity of Zambians, we lift them from the shackles of poverty they have been subjected to by the UPND Government,” he said.
And Mr. Chanda said there are no issues that demands or warrants the disqualification of the Lumezi Tonse candidate Mr. Goodson Banda.
He sad ECZ is satisfied with the information provided by the New Congress party and urged the people of Lumezi to turn up in numbers and vote in the 26th June, 2025 parliamentary by election.
Mr. Chanda also announced that all formalities regarding the change of party symbol from a satellite dish that had a man and woman, to a chair have been done.
He said the chair is a symbol of authority.
Don’t wast time
Chanda , the landlord to PF and all parties in the Tonse alliance, i salute you for having attracted all those parties to your party and make them work under and through your party. However, don’t allow them to undermine your and pollute your radical party their isms. Let them just help you grow your party, may be by 2031 you can make your party and yourself, as party president known at least to some higher level in several provinces, and lay a foundation for future presidential races. Use the opportunity and situation wisely to use even dead parties to build your party and yourself for future presidential races. One’s fate is one’s glory.
His party cannot stand on its own. It’s just the confusion in the PF where they have three factions each one afraid of the other, hence using a drama free nondescript NCP as a special purpose vehicle.
Peter Chanda, you are completely correct in stating that the authority to choose the Head of State in 2026 lies with the people of Zambia. The New Dawn Government has successfully restored Zambia’s dignity on both local and international stages.
Under the capable leadership of President Hakainde Hichilema, the New Dawn Government has set the nation on a path toward economic growth and recovery. By August 2026, the opposition political parties will face significant humiliation and disappointment; they need to brace themselves for the truth.
The opposition political parties ought to cease their delusions and baseless assertions.
You are on point Mr Chandra. But I doubt if you will graciously accept the people’s verdict next year when HH will whitewash the opposition camp. Not ati iyoo nabacita rig, when by your conduct you are busy rigging your way into a serious, humiliating defeat next year.
Mr Chanda, not Chandra. Apology.
Hey Mr Chanda, I am surprised you didn’t realise that it’s the Zambian people that determine Zambia’s presidential leadership. It appears that you and your fellow opposition leaders are still in denial and singing the wrong and uncoordinated hymn while the citizens are happy and joyful to have found the president Zambia had been waiting for.