Northwestern United Party for National Development (UPND) Provincial Chairperson Adam Sapezo has called for patience among party members aspiring for positions ahead of the August 13th general elections.
Mr Sapezo said this is was the right time for party members to start coming out in the open and declare interest to contest on various positions saying they should wait until Parliament was dissolved to do so.
He said this in an interview with the media alongside a public event that was head to celebrate the enactment of the constitution amendment bill number seven held at Kisasa area in Kalumbila District over the weekend.
Mr Sapezo described the act as indiscipline.
“If these members that are aspiring are UPND and those incumbents, be it Members of Parliament, councilors, council Chairpersons and mayors they are all UPND why start fighting them now,” he said.
Mr Sapezo said those aspiring candidates must wait for the term of office for the incumbents to come to an end and then later aspire and conduct their campaigns.
Meanwhile, he has further called for patience in matters patterning to delimitation of Constituencies until the Electoral Commission Of Zambia officially announces those Constituencies that are going to be delimited.
And Solwezi West Member of Parliament Nicholas Mukumbi said the campaign period has not yet been officially opened by the party but welcomed those who want to aspire for various positions in his Constituency ahead of the polls.
