The Zambia Direct Democracy Movement ( ZDDM ) says it wants to introduce the principle of “unity in diversity” in politics when voted into power.
ZDDM National Coordinator Edwin Sakala said its with this objective that his party wants to contest this year’s elections.
He said this in a statement obtained by ZANIS in Lusaka , today.
Mr. Sakala has explained that his party was determined to introduce Direct Democracy which he says will facilitate the much needed political change Zambia needs.
” It is high time we realized that their several modes of democracies which the continent can really on.
” Our former colonial masters encouraged multi-party politics because they want people to waste time in bickering and fighting for power,” he said in the statement.
The ZDDM National Coordinator said bickering and fighting has always been the fertile ground for division which in the end work to the advantage of the colonial master. He said Zambia is in ruin because of multiparty politics.
” Our former colonial masters encouraged multi-party politics because they want people to waste time in bickering and fighting for power,” he said in the statement.
He said although multiparty politics has brought freedom of expression, it is this very free speech which is causing people spending time in quarreling at the expense of development.
” For as long as multiparty democracy continues, we shall never see unity. As ZDDM we believe that UNIP laid a foundation stone with its one party participatory democracy and MMD has given Zambians a chance to sample multi party democracy which has only served to divide the nation and to promote politics of hate and tribalism, ” Mr Sakala said.
The party’s National Coordinator maintained that his party wants to introduce Direct Democracy which is a cross breed of the two political systems which the nation has already tested.
The party has meanwhile invited all Members of Parliament wishing to serve the nation at council and parliamentary level to apply on its ticket.
Mr. Sakala bragged that ZDDM is the only alternative to the current government saying all the other political parties are fighting to get into State House while ZDDM is determined to ensure that the current shallow and useless politics have to come to an end.
” We want Zambian politicians for a change to work together and debate real issues objectively instead of the current situation where each party waits to get into power before bringing out their ideas,” he said.
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