The Opposition Alliance of 13 Political Parties has withdrawn from the Zambia Center for Inter party Dialogue with regard to the On-Going National Dialogue and Reconciliation Process.
The decision to pull out of the ZCID with regards the Dialogue process follows the decision by the PF and its Affiliated Political Parties to walk out from the Pamodzi Hotel Meeting of Tuesday, 29th January 2019.
Alliance Chairperson Media and Finance Committees said the Alliance is disappointed with the Conduct of the PF and its Affiliated Political Parties, together with ZCID, to Walk Out of the Tuesday Meeting which was called to try to resolve the Impasse Regarding the Draft Memorandum of Understanding on the dialogue process.
Mr. Tembo said the Alliance’s desire to see the National Dialogue process succeed is premised on their desire to reduce tension, conflict and chaos before, during and After the 2021 General Elections.
“However, it must be made clear that with or without the National Dialogue and Reconciliation process succeeding, the Opposition Alliance will Win the 2021 General Elections with a landslide”, he said.
Mr. Tembo said the Alliance does not see the possible success of the national dialogue and reconciliation process as a prerequisite to their winning the 2021 general elections, but rather as merely complimentary.
He said a successful national dialogue and reconciliation process would ensure a peaceful transition of power in 2021, whereas a failed national dialogue and reconciliation process will bring about a chaotic transition of power in 2021.
“Whatever the case, we in the opposition alliance are confident beyond any shadows of doubt, that there will be a transition of power in 2021. The only question is what type? Chaotic or peaceful? And that is where the on-going national dialogue and reconciliation process comes in”, he added.
wishful thinking, upnd or alliance are far from forming government as long as they associate themselves with hh. he is the only stumbling block
This is the problem already, who told you that you have already won the elections? Already you’re talking about handing over power to you. Are you for real. PF is still in love with the people of Zambia. Making noise does not mean you’ll win the elections. Zambia is our only home so please behave yourselves.
Why is PF so afraid to dialogue? Edgar is a humble christian leader, we are told!
PF withdrawal is like you take a prostitute to ZCID brothel, then you decide to leave with an erection because ZCID didn’t wash bedsheets.
Scrap the whole thing like I said, It serves no purpose
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Ni lisa ba bavotele pakutila asose ati “transition of power?” By the way it’s called “transfer of power!!”
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Only two sides prevail: One is the Opposition Alliance and the other is The Ruling Party alliance a.k.a ZCID. The opposition alliance is led by UPND only because it is the largest party in the group. The ZCID Alliance is led by PF because it is the largest party in the group. What we need is the ZCID Alliance and the Opposition Pary Alliance to sit down and talk especially about election civility and the stoppage of violence before, during, and after elections. More so, they should discuss the de-politicisation of Zambian governance system. Not everything is political.
Which parties have now remained in the ZCID? Can someone list them?
PF-Lungu, PF-Pule, PF-Chanda, PF-Musona, PF-Sakala, PF-Chifentelo, PF-General
THE SIMPLE MEANING IS THAT THERE IS NO NEED FOR THE SO CALLED DIALOGUE. IN FACT THIS MR SEAN TEMBO HAS SHOWN CLEARLY THAT THE SO CALLED DIALOGUE IS BEING USED AS A MEANS OF WINNING THE 2021 ELECTIONS. SO IT IS A WASTE OF TIME.
PF threw the spanners in the works through their surrogate ZCID to frustrate the talks and have lost face in the process as disinterested in dialogue. It will be interesting to see how this plays out!
This is not workable as long as Pres Lungu stays aloof. Letting empty guys like Mwila to run an important event such as this one is very careless on the part of the President. Zambia can easily slide into what Congo is today. I saw it in 1990.
Please spare us…..what is the dialogue about?
No need for dialogue. We are not in any crisis. 13 briefcases with no representation in our legislature means nothing. As Ntewewe has put it, let’s sort these reforms in parliament. We don’t need Catholics to meddle with our laws.
Yesterday Mufuguli of Tanzania passed a law to make his government superior to political parties. This dialogue is just a means to make it easier for HH to become president. Those political parties cow towing the Upnd will only wake up to reality when HH uses them and then discard them.
Ati the opposition Alliance will win 2021 general elections with a landslide hahaha…. joke of the century! The opposition must even be very worried because no one in Zambia can vote for directionless and power hungry hyenas and wild dogs.
How can you start claiming that you will win 2021 general elections? It’s like you start naming a person in the womb, which you do not know either it will be a boy or a girl or a miscarriage. Don’t bring confusion in our country. You have no councilor not even an MP but you start claiming that 2021 you are winning, shame upon you.
can you imagine this guys are jokers infact this dialogue is not necessary i cant see the purpose
PF and UPND are major players to the dialogue process.Other small parties are just there to dine and wine. Let UPND and PF swallow their pride and sit round the table. Nashala Neka parties are just crowding the process.They do not have anything to offer. If anything, those parties with well defined structures should be on the dialogue table. Parties which exist on paper are supposed to be spectators. It is a sheer waste of time to think that these small parties are adding any value. They even fail to raise 20 members during presidential nomination. There should be seriousness in the way we conduct our political business in this nation. These to ntemba business are just creating unnecessary congestion. They are supposed to be kicked out.
We’ve been telling you there will be no dialogue nonsense. Quit wasting our time. All of you.
Whats this dialogue all about if i may ask and who needs it and for what? Dont create crises where there isnt! Cant you learn from Brexit confusion and crises? Those are the consequences of starting something you have not internalized, the outcome is usually catastrophic and here in Zambia we dont need this time wasting, useless dialogue advanced by failures. PF Government has serious and urgent national matters to deal with other than time wasting ventures for Under 5s.
The remaining have also withdrawn there membership to join per
We wise Zambians told you a long time ago that there is no need for any DIALOGUE in Zambia because the country is at PEACE!!!What those so called 13 or 10 “tutemba parties” wanted are political reforms which will make tribal HH to win or lose once more elections in 2021.Look,PF Govnt is full of learned political experts who are able to see all KAINDE’S political tricks!!!!kkkkkkkkk….bo Sean Tembo said “we will win 2021 elections 100%”,HOW?even you are 13 parties,the 12 are “tutemba parties” with no branch chairman,no councillor,no MP,PURELY NOTHING…kkkkkk…..shocking.ELECTIONS ARE NOT WON BY DREAMING IN THE MEDIA-NEVER!!IT IS US ZAMBIANS WHO VOTE,SO DARE US AT YOUR OWN PERIL!!!Sadly for those so called 13 parties,there is no wind of change like it was in 1991 and 2011 in…
sean tembo u have lost it ,you ar now a upnd puppet ,if the purpose of this dialogue is to win 2021 election as oposition then you ll cry live rats in a hole ,if u think pf is a small party u r mistaken and dont you think lungu is very ahead of hh and all of u guys wait and see
This dialogue was the work of the church and its minnions. Trying to bring Hakainde thru the nack door
So this whole thing was not about dialogue but state house!! We have always known that the dialogue as defined by HH was not dialogue but state house.? The PF who have the mandate of the majority of the electorate are right to walk out because 2021 issues are still far away. If HH and his friends think that they will have a landslide victory then they should wait.
dialogue or no dialogue the die is cast HH is president
You really are devoid of intelligence. UPND has lost two MP seats in their strongholds. This month it is looking like three.
in 2021
Is the bitterness of HH worth the dialogue? Go fight it out using words in the August house. You are not even eligible to enter the August house unless you are summoned. The UPND has hired others to fight PF but no ammunition. The bullets of politics are works not bitterness and not winning elections before votes are cast. Some of the so called parties have failed to mobilize beyond their immediate family. This a come-together that has NO bond if the sole purpose is to remove the PF regardless of their great works. The hippo and crocodile both live in water and the shore but the crocodile does not eat vegetation.
My humble contribution on the dialogue is based on the legal principal that, “no man be the judge of his own cause”.
Most of the disagreements are arising in the matters dealing with the political situation in Zambia. So politicians are actively involved. Before, during and after the getting into their positions.
So, to let them reconcile themselves in parliament, is not the best of routes, in my view.
Two issues:
1. ZCID survives as a result of political parties. Political parties are the parents for ZCID.
2. The Church has survived, is surviving and will survive without the political parties.
Therefore, the later’s independence, in the matter casu, is more bankable than that of the former.
It is trite that there is some level of violence in the country. And to think that the…
A simple thing. Just sitting down and talking seems a very big problem. Both ruling and opposition, clueless. What a shame….simple simple thing.
““Whatever the case, we in the opposition alliance are confident beyond any shadows of doubt, that there will be a transition of power in 2021. The only question is what type? Chaotic or peaceful? And that is where the on-going national dialogue and reconciliation process comes in”, he added.” The Zambian people and all defense personnel shall ensure peace reigns.
Keep on day dreaming. …
Dialogue is just cheap politicking at the expense of the nation. Zambia needs development, not just mouth service.
Let them change the name ZCID to Pf intra-part dialogue coz it is well known.
why is it difficult now for upnd to embrace zcid so your intrest is only wen you ar in a driving seat ,upnd selfishness is in the blood and so God can never allow u to rule
who is the most bitter man in Zambia?
(a) HH
(b) milupi
(c) kakoma
(d) Sean Tembo
(e) Laura Miti
Answers should be send to 0912-00-463-102
Ubupuba unasheko mwaiche Sean Tembo and your kangaroo alliance. Who cares about your one man party when you do not even have a ward counsellor to represent you?
imagine this guys they want to make themselves popular whiles not and who is sean tembo in our politics this guys needs to be touch
am begging for pf not to entertain this detractors remember you ar in power any drail ment they will capitalise the fact is pf has worked so far and hh with his friends knows too well so baa pf shift to gear five now dialogue for wat and for who
Hakainde and his so called alliance partners are very foolish. So their objective in attending the dialogue was not to reconcile and reduce tension but to prepare for a smooth transfer of power ! These guys are indeed dunderheads. Even the 3 mother bodies supporting them are equally useless in wonder they had no agenda nor a roadmap for the dialogue indaba. PF is always ahead of these unpatriotic crybabies hence their reluctance in attending this childishly planned meeting
1. ” Amos Chanda said the Head of State is committed to the national dialogue process and is hopeful that ZCID and Church mother bodies will create a platform that will build confidence and competence in the process.”
2. “Mr Chanda said that President Lungu has been engaging the Catholic Bishops and other church member bodies to find a proper functional arrangement for holding the national dialogue.”
3. “He said President Lungu has emphasized that dialogue is an important national process far beyond individual and partisan interests.”
NO FURTHER COMMENTS !!!
I’ve said it from the very beginning that true dialogue will be in 2021. Please listen for once.
ONLY PEOPLE WHO KNOW THEY WON’T WIN A DEBATE WILL NOT DEBATE. THE PF ARE NOTHING BUT LOOSERS BY REFUSING TO HAVE DIALOGUE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SHAME ON YOU ! YOU ARE TOO SCARED YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR CORRUPT WAYS!!!
Pf is not refusing to have dialogue. It’s the modalities that the other stakeholders are employing that are danderously drafted.
Through SEAN TEMBO,one can surely SENSE how frustrated,UPND and 12 political leaders are. HH and his CO-frustrated leaders wanted to use the church since the NGOs and CSOs failed to favor his presidential support in Lusaka and C/belt by going move flat out in mass demonstrations.
The 13 alliance movement was intended for HH’s all-time failed plans to support him in arm twisting of PF and the government.we understood how mr Hakainde promised his men had this national dialogue succeeded.
The church mother bodies ,especially the catholic bishops also had agendas for their church interests.Rumors runs that some catholic leaders were against what others were intended to do against ECL-PF.They have come to realization of their failure because of bad motivation.
We thank God that evil…
Some people are very evil and useless,how do you say they can never be dialogue because the country is at piece.So you only want bad things for you to dialogue and what if you happen to be the first victim of bad things or can you call the situation in lundazi and sesheke as normal.
We told you PF stated it publicly that it will dialogue with itself. The position it has not changed.
Other than PF, those 13 do they have any representation in Parliament? That “Pastor ” Chanda where us his Secretariat? And all the others? They are not a factor in national dialogue or reconciliation. But PF is because they are the party in government. So forget about the 13 ghost parties, let’s concentrate on advocating for parties with legislature representation to dialogue.
I for one dialogue is important to solve all the issues Zambia is facing. It should not be used by both Upnd and Pf alliances as holding to plot one, but as a strategy to solve issues of poverty in the country, where no one suffers from poverty and hunger. The economy of this country is in the hands of a few while more than 70% are living in poverty and hunger. Politicians are running away to dialogue when over 3000 girl children in Eastern province were pregnant due to poverty and many more in other provinces. Many boys cannot go to school because parents cannot afford to pay fees. Out of 29,000 applicant teachers only 2, 009 were taken because government could not manage to find funds to pay all if recruited. Roads and infrastructure in rural areas are falling apart because of no…