The Foundation for Democratic Process (FODEP) has expressed sadness at the rampant name calling by candidates in the Kasama Central parliamentary by elections.
FODEP President Stanley Mhango told ZANIS in an interview in Lusaka today that it is very unfortunate that the candidates in the Kasama Central-by election were concentrating on calling each other names.
Mr. Mhango said what the candidates need to understand and know is that politics of name calling were long gone.
He has since urged the candidates to concentrate on telling the electorate what they would do once voted into office.
Meanwhile, Mr. Mhango says FODEP is considering sponsoring a programme on one of the radio stations in Kasama in order to allow the candidates to sell and explain their manifestos to the people of Kasama.
He said giving the candidates a platform to explain their manifestos would allow more people in Kasama to know what each candidate has to offer.
Mr. Mhango expressed confidence that the move to afford a platform to all candidates would be in the interest of the people of Kasama.
He also called on the candidates to utilize the opportunity to explain why the people of Kasama should vote for them.
The Kasama Central seat fell vacant after the resignation of Saviour Chishimba.
ZANIS
If we have to be realistic what sort of policies can we really expect Zambian at the parliamentary level to expound to the electorate. They know and the electorate know that it is nothing other than politicking hence they resort to personal attacks as the only way of gaining mileage for the elections
Marcus Mwenya
I was aiming for the top slot. How did you get there?
But has not Zambian politics deteriorated to the level of name calling? Will there ever be an issue based campaign where people will not be bought by beer and tujilijili? This is a long way coming. Unfortunately, most of the Zambian vote is influenced by the petty issues
How does FODEP want these people to call each other? I thought we call each by names.
GBM is an asshole.
KALOS you have made me laugh indeed, name calling