Socialist Party President Fred M’membe says the political violence in the Kaoma council chairperson by-election won by the UPND that has left a fellow citizen dead is very disturbing and annoying.
Dr. M’membe said no one’s life is worth a council chairperson’s election as Life is sacred.
He said it is necessary to continually remind ourselves that politics must be for the good of the country, and not for the political survival of any individual or party.
Dr. M’membe has warned that if that spirit of the primacy of the common good were to animate all the political parties, we would not witness the violence, killings which leave the public dismayed and disheartened.
He said the quality of democracy is determined by the establishment of proper structures and more just, fair and humane practices that facilitate freedom of thought, expression, association, and assembly.
“As we approach the 2021 elections we must start to express concern regarding the frequent instances of intolerance, intimidation, violence, and lust for power”, he said.
Dr. M’membe said in the present atmosphere of fierce competition and character assassination, the nation should be reminded of the noble goals of political activity.
He said politics should aim at promoting the common good and not intolerance, violence and killings adding that political discourse should concentrate on programs to improve the life of the nation rather than on intolerance, violence and killings.
Dr. M’membe said politicians should look for the common good of all the people and enter into sincere dialogue with opponents, even in cases of political divergence.
He said violence must be avoided because the election campaign should not be confused with a battlefield where the aim is to destroy the other.
Dr. M’membe said real political victory lies on the ideals proposed, on the ethical values of candidates, on the respect for the freedom of choice of all citizens, and not on any form of moral pressure or intimidation of political opponents or voters.
You forgot that HH sacrifice for UPND to win……………………Gaffi was a good sacrifice leading to a win!!!!!!!
So people don’t know that HH is willing to sacrifice and do anything just to win an election…and thats dangerous HH is….
That’s shallow thinking comrades. truth be told, youths should open there eyes and stop sacrificing their lives for people who dont deserve to die for..
most socialists and communists despise the west and its capitalist ideology ,but check where most of them send their children for school, THE WEST e.g the north korean current leader, am sure even this same comrade has sent his children to west countries for school.
That is a good peace from Fred.
And the dead Banda was from Lusaka, to go die for a council chairman
@1.4 Nostradamus
Imagine risking his life for others to enjoy….just when they give them free t shirts a little bit on loose change they think Lungu and HH is worth dying for…..Lungu and HH cares less about these Cadres…and all of these Cadres are very illiterate…savages….when they wear military fatigue thy think they’re powerful…now who will take care of Banda children if at all he had any…
Recall that you are largely responsible for the creation of this environment through your editorials in support of the party at the helm of the current cadre gun touting culture.
Oval head will so anything to win any election. Have you noticed that oval head is quite because the person who died is not tonga. Headlines would have been made if it was a Tonga man
So when will you go on the streets to protest the shooting of this non-Tonga man?
@Kay
The happenings in Lusaka this morning speak volumes. All life is sacred be it Bemba or Tonga or indeed any other tribe or ethnicity! Let us not cheapen it with such careless talk.
Mmembe should shut up. He’s the one that helped create the PF monster that killed the man in Kaoma. Instead of blaming PF militias who killed the upnd cadre, he’s blaming the upnd (winners of the election). What warped thinking is this?
MMMM mmmmm mmm True if it was a tonga bull we would have heard a lot even going to the extent of going in the street.Let us be fair Zambians do not be deceived, he as sacrificed and all he needed was blood. You freemason boy you have even stopped shaving alaaaa iweee.
As more blood is being shade, someone is getting more and more stronger. Just wait. It is one sacrifice after another. Why is it that there are more deaths and more by Elections in one camp than the other? My opinion.
Mmmmmm……what kind of reasoning is this? If it was a PF cadre who was murdered police officers in Kaoma and their colleagues who were deployed from other places could have lost their jobs. They have resorted to killing their opponents because they have no message for the Zambians. From the time they took over power it is one scandal after another. God please save us from this cruel regime
Who has brought this gun / machete culture? It is very disturbing and something must be done; it must be stopped now. No life must be lost during elections. Every life is more important than these by elections. God bless Zambia!
Both HH and Edgar have said no one should die in their name. So , in whose name did Gaddaffi die?
Expecting Peace from the Panga Family is being naive! Could this be the beginning of the end for Zambia?
Yes Fred M’membe wa Nkulungwe I totally agree with you and I don’t know how any person endowed with a bit of common sense would even celebrate such an election victory. And even the burial has been turned into another violent battle. Stephen Kampyongo is the most useless Minister to have been in charge of internal security. Edgar and Mwami 1 are equally guilty. Our Police officers can’t fail to control those cadres. Just give them proper instructions and you’ll see. We had this violence under Kabonde. In fact Kabonde was begging his officers not to arrest cadres and now we’re seeing the same. This is very shameful!!!
The blames fall squarely on Lungu for the loss of life. He has failed to control his cadres who are becoming killers. Anonymous do you know that Lungu can be persecuted by ICC or our own courts later on for the killings going on under his watch. I remember Sata and Wynter least made some efforts to control these thugs but weak ECL just pays a blind eye to their killings. Great win for UPND, the momentum is moving your way this will easily translate into other places pretty soon the northerners will realize that they don’t have to keep wasting their votes for PF who care less about them than their pockets.
The blood of python Edgar was drinking had started yielding results. Today we have lost life because someone has been sacrificed or swallowed by the python. We warned you.
But about your leader who drinks human blood…fre.masion
Fred Mmembe.! Hsve you also erstwhile partook of serpentine body fluids. Stick in line for the sake of your non descript ‘ socialist’ fimo fimo. Maintain your logical per excellence! You’re tripping!.
Country men and women we are apealing to parents and relatives to all the youths in this country to be responsible enough by thinking outside the box, all these energies and anger for one another can be exhausted to developmental issues by way of creating their own wealthy.
Chinese, Rwandes, Burundes to mention but a few are doing very fine in this country and their focus is to work hard and make money while you are fighting. We need to sit down with our youths and counsel them and make them understanding the importance of life we live once, and what legacy are you going to leave? fighting? hatred? insults? God created as in His own image, the need to contribute to national development. We only have one ZAMBIA and we are ONE..
So Ghadafi left a motherless child was ferried all the way to Kaoma to « vote « in local government election or what? Then he has passed away. Youth of Zambia think!
Its nice to speak like a humanist, like you care, like you are truly concerned about human life, when in actual fact ; you had an opportunity to demonstrate how good you are, you failed.
Your employees, senior managers for that matter were busy begging for food and money for school fees in our homes due to months and months of no salaries, you ka mmembe continued to pay yourself close to a billion kwacha every month without fail. This was revealed by your learned friend and liquidator Messrs mosho. Your salary never stopped, your workers were slowly dyeing while you were busy investing in your trucking business. May God have mercy on this heartless animal called Fred mmembe.