Civil rights activist Brebner Changala has added his voice in questioning the genuineness of President Edgar Lungu’s desire to end political violence in the Country.
Mr. Changala believes the President is only trying to hoodwink the Zambian people that he detests political violence when in fact not.
Mr. Changala tells Q-News that if indeed the President wants to curb the vice, he should have ordered the Zambia Police to deal with perpetrators as opposed to appealing to them.
He states that he therefore considers President Lungu’s call on the police to decisively deal with perpetrators of political violence as mere rhetoric.
Mr. Changala says it is common knowledge that political violence always works to the benefit of the ruling party each there are elections in the Country.
Like everything else that he does, if it benefits him he doesn’t give damn. He doesn’t give a damn about peace not if he feels it’s going to get him chucked from state house.
We have a sadist for a President.
PF can’t survive without violence. That’s why late Michael Sata named it PF after Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF which ran a very violent 2006 election where Morgan Tsvangirai was brutally beaten & tortured while Zanu-PF youth league terrorized Zimbabweans.
Most violent PF cadres are former street kids who are too old to beg on the streets.
To begin with let him disband the vigilantes that he calls cadres. Sometime I just think our president lives in a different Zambia. He has people where he can get the truth than talking like someone from outer space. Democracy means power to the people. Unfortunately Zambians have surrendered that power because by nature we are a very passive nation. Militancy of the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s is long gone because of the politics of stomach. In a normal society PF cadres are supposed to be in jail. Anyway, African leaders never despite the saying, “Experience is the best teacher”.
Lungu is violent. He should be jailed or confined to a rehabilitation centre outside Zambia.
Brebner I agree with you, but you forgot to mention Edgar’s partner in violence one Hakainde Hichilema. The reason their followers are butchering each other is because both leaders support violence. If Edgar wants to understand what I mean let him get to the UPND Secretariat without his motorcade and bodyguards, not even the jogging he’s doing for cameras will help him. Our officers in uniform are capable of sorting out these cadres, just give them a signal
Why do people fail to distinguish the difference between HH and Edgar?Edgar took oath to protect all the citizens of Zambia from aggression or violence as you put it.Some presidents have faced external aggression against their country,can you imagine a president claiming that it’s not him responsible for violence but it is a foreign aggressor?It doesnt matter where the violence is coming from,but it is the president’s duty to stop it,if he cant let him be impeached.How can he fold his hands and claim that he is not responsible for the violence?If the kitchen is too hot you get out,there is no shortage of people to do the job,meanwhile all they talk about is 2021…
You want him to go and physically stop the violence? Your trick is you provoke a situation and when the police come in you rush to your stepfather the ICC or whatever it’s called. Just shut up compromised cadre.
I do not know whether you are blinkered by choice, or you are really beyond the capacity to see reality. Do you know the difference between having the instruments of power and being in the opposition in an African country? God help us if the country depends on the likes of you…
@Misha your mind is clouded with tribalism so much that you can’t reason beyond what your little god tells. I don’t need to explain anything because your skull is numb. Have you ever heard of political violence outside the so called Upnd strong holds? Was Lungu president when Upnd hacked MMD supporters in the Mufumbwe by election? Your and it’s predecessor the ANC are violent and that’s why KK proscribed the ANC. Never at any time has HH told you his members to shun violence. All he has said is you must go PANGA FOR PANGA. Yes Edgar has got the power to stop the violence, but you deliberately forget that because most violence is perpetrated by Upnd especially in your province, any action will be “CRUSHING THE OPPOSITION ” . But of course you can’t see this.
Ndanje Khakis
You are the people misleading Lungu,this violence can easily lead to him being impeached,he took oath to protect all Zambians and it does not matter where the violence is coming from he has to deal with it.In history leaders have lost power because of failure to protect citizens,for some countries the aggressors have been foreigner.Can you imagine PF preaching that because the aggressors are say Angolan it is not the president’s fault?You are sinking the man,he stands at a very precarious position right now that he can easily be betrayed even by his own PF,dont forget very soon,no one will be immune from the economic decay he is presiding over and in an event of him facing impeachment he can very easily lose,so tell him the truth time for senseless boasting is gone and…
Mr Changala, Laura Miti, MacDonald Chipenzi, Elias Chipimo and Sean Tembo among others are useful !*****s for the Supreme leader HH of the UPND and nothing substantial can be deduced from them but for group think mentality sycophants and zealots and enemies of progress of the UPND and it’s sympathisers.
Ndanje Khakis
You are the people misleading Lungu,this violence can easily lead to him being impeached,he took oath to protect all Zambians and it does not matter where the violence is coming from he has to deal with it.In history leaders have lost power because of failure to protect citizens,for some countries the aggressors have been foreigner.Can you imagine PF preaching that because the aggressors are say Angolan it is not the president’s fault?You are sinking the man,he stands at a very precarious position right now that he can easily be betrayed even by his own PF,dont forget very soon,no one will be immune from the economic decay he is presiding over and in an event of him facing impeachment he can very easily lose,so tell him the truth time for senseless boasting is gone and…