Prominent Businessman Andrew Sardanis has charged that the 2016 general elections will be a tight race as there is no clear favorite.
Mr. Sardanis said the forthcoming general elections will be tough for most of the competing political parties.
“The next elections will not be like 1991, far from it. It will be a tight because with only two years to go, there is no clear favourite ahead of the polls,” Mr Sardanis said.
He said most of the political parties in Zambia need a complete realignment for them to start appealing to the masses.
“Most of the parties are clearly disconnected from the true realities of Zambia’s life and they need to be a realigned if they are to be relevant to the needs of Zambians,” he said.
Mr Sardanis who also worked in the UNIP Government as Finance Permanent Secretary said most Zambians are disillusioned with the current brand of politics.
It will be easiest for the PF he should advise the opposition parties those are the ones who will be sweating.
@evans keep on dreaming. Simply winning in the villages through force does not give a true picture that PF is strong. Try kabwata or Ndola central and see who will get it this time. Zambians are fade with PF failed 90 days promises and open tribalism.PF will fall like a huge giant.2016 iliko iliko.VI VA haleise hale butuka .Underrate HH to your own peril.
Ba Evans keep on dreaming.2016 it will be a different ball game. I am certain Sata will not stand and PF has not chosen its successor.PF will tear themselves apart with fighting about who will take over, HH will be busy pulling the strings together. The PF is bankrupt an less they get a loan from IMF they are doomed. Some PF characters will be taken to the International court of justice for provoking violence after loosing elections. Under rate HH to your own peril. If you want to see lets have a bye election in Kabwata or Ndola central you will see that PF is finished in urban areas .
My brother EVANS, you are so right. Just wait and see what PF will do before the elections.
Most of the roads will be completed, accommodation for university students will have been completed, more schools in villages, more clinics in villages, bridges built, new constitution given to the people, etc, etc
DIFFERENTIATE RIGHTS FROM DEVELOPMENT.
If someone is not popular in Northern, Eastern, Central, Luapula, Muchinga,Copperbelt and Lusaka Provinces he/she cannot be a president of Zambia. Democracy is about numbers and we know which parts of the country are highly populated.
2016 will sure be tough for PF. I use to like PF unconditionally but the Chingola MPs have disapointed me. Where are the good roads? I will vote for Sata if he decides to stand but I will definately not vote for the current Chingola MPs. This idea of voting for anybody just beause one is standing on the P party ticket should be a thing of the past. We should vote for people who can perform regadless of their party affiliation.
PF should win it. However, They have done a lot of self-harming and it could have negative effect.
It is the opposition parties that have failed to prove they are capable. Even if they joined up, it would probably be disastrous for Zambia, as infighting in the coalition will be an ever present danger.
Sadly, PF are not helping themselves by their continued battles, which I believe are all related to jostling to be the next no.1.
and when HH hears this misleading information he begins to believe.sometimes i ask myself whether we are in the same country with some people or others are in another planet.PF is popular and very vividly so.even if election were held today they will return power.sadanis or whatever he calls himself knows this very well.he is just trying to get some limelight.
even us the people in villages we can see that PF will win.let HH prepare for 2021 maybe he can reach the doors of statehouse,i have used the word ‘maybe’.
2016 is for a young energetic leader , HH.. No matter how many times one may service an old engine, its perfomance can not march a new one.
@jayjay, HH is young energetic but too tribal inclined leader like a primitive leader. He will never be president because his beginning was very unfortunate based on “a Tonga person” can be allowed to lead UPND. And he chased Saki ad ba mudala ba Patrick Chisanga from the party. So, only UPND will always be desparate to give him votes he so desires to enter State House. We Bembas, aba Aushi, Ng’umbos, aba Bisas, aba Twaa,Lundas from Luapula, Batwaas, bena Chishingas, abaungas, Putas, abena Kabende, abena Milambo, abaunga, PNamwangas, aba Lungu, aba Nyika etc will never vote for this tribal taliban selfish leader called HH. Let only the Tongas and Ilas vote for him and see where this will take him. The majority are Bembas speaking in this country.
@JayJay
As much as I would like to agree with you, i Feel there is something amiss about HH and UPND. We still have a long way to go. Can’t put a finger on it, but I don’t think the electorate have bought into HH’s ideals and UPND at large. I think we need to do some introspection..
LT ,Are you being honest ? After 2011, they have been 21 by-elections, PF have won 15, the rest to opposition, and you say there is no clear favorite. Are you sure ?
Only a few questions to the bloggers: the assumption above is that in Zambia a youth with the determination of RSA Malema, Biko etc cannot immerge before 2016: right; wrong?
The youth will continue to be gladiators of the honorable in each voting block with excess avoir du poir that provide the booze after the election battles but no jobs and no education: right or wrong?
Let us say there is a paradigm shift on the part of the youth or at least only one of them of their millions: what is the game plan?
@Analyst
Admittedly, such a (youth) leader can emerge. But you need to understand that it takes more than a paradigm shift to win an election. pf has the structures and government machinery behind them. None of the current opposition parties can match pf’s clout come 2016. The opposition should have capitalised on the leadership crisis in pf, but alas! The opposition may have potential leaders but they remain just that, potential. My UPND has such a potential leader in HH, but i’m afraid we have not done enough to market his ideals and convince the electorate that he is capable of doing better than the incumbent. Mind you, majority of the electorate are illiterates. The so-called educated population do not vote. And that is where the paradigm shift need to begin!
Can someone enlighten me, is this the Sardanis who made some of our relatives die leaving their hard earned money in Meridian BIAO when it suddenly closed? If I were him , let him shut his mouth .
You guys I usually get amazed @ a bunch of sadists and critics that tag HH as tribal! Tell me what you mean when you say HH is tribal, how tribal is he? What has he done when you say he Is tribal, a lot of you sadists say he wishes michael ill, when did HH utter a word of wishing ill Michael, all he does is ask about the health of michael, michael is on record of calling others red lips, cabbage, we have video clips were he insulted late Levi! Come down to reality you bootlickers! Whether it takes 100 years until then HH will rule! Who is tribal here, PF has more bembas than any other Party, UPND has a mixture of tribes! Shut up you ignorant critics! In 2011 you blindly voted for the PF without reason-@ more money in your pockets, how much has gone into your pockets? Or you do now is…
Baba do you remember what hapened to mile sampa when apointed minister of southern province? Do you remember what HH said during by election in katuba? compare the number of Bembas who crosd to UPND and Tongas who join PF or other partie. Have you ever heard HH saying good about Bembas?
When I was landing at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, at one time I thought all the buildings near the airport had their rooftops blown off by high winds, only to be told by a Lusaka resident seated next to me that those where new houses or buildings awaiting roofing! Then I was driven into Lusaka City by a colleague who showed me the high rise buildings which are being built in and around the city. Besides roads, never before has our country seen such construction work which is taking place in the country.
Why should anyone tell me who to vote for in 2016?
@ Luapula
You clearly out of touch with reality. The new houses and “highrise” buidlings you saw are private, built by the citizens and companies not by the government. Go to Ndola airport and you will find the same airstrip left by your colonial masters. If anybody should get credit its MMD who brought about multi-party politics and the creation of an enabling environment. The public have since woken up to the reality of self empowerment. These developments have been in the making since MMD came into power. Therefore don’t be deluded to think they have been made possible by pf. The paving of the roads is just that, repair and maintenance, nothing new ie no development. You can vote for pf cuz you are used to mediocrity, bottom line. Bloody chishimba kambwili.
we Zambians we fight for petty things….
no foresight!!!
Pliz ba LT show my postings.This is a dabate.I have a valid point PF has never won in urban areas since they come to in 2016.So the can not claim to be popular they only induce Bye elections in areas were they feel there era popular.Sata will be another let down for pf.He certainly not stand.That changes the ball game.HH knows this is his last just he deriver a complain that has never been seen considering his ability to pull resources.He has the experience of what it takes to stand in a presidencial election.Other Oposition political parties I don’t see them gaining much.The war will be between HH and PF new candidate.The pipo of Zambia shall have a final say.Mazoka won without Copperbelt ,Northen and luapula that is possible however HH has made in roads in copperbelt.
Zambia’s political parties need a bit of whipping. There is simply too much mediocrity in Zambian politics. This is sad.