Africa-Press – Zambia. Golden Party of Zambia (GPZ) leader, Jackson Silavwe has urged Zambia’s seventh President Hakainde Hichilema to find creative ways of empowering UPND members away from markets and bus stations and all public spaces.
In a statement today 27th September, 2021, Mr. Silavwe said the return of upnd supporters to the markets and bus stations is totally unacceptable. The opposition leader has since called on all well-meaning Zambians to condemned the desire by UPND followers to return to the market places and bus stations.
Mr. Silavwe said no market or bus station has ever been built by a political party or cadres to warrant their presence in these public places. He said public spaces are for every Zambians irregardless of their political affiliation.
And Mr. Silavwe noted that it was not the duty of ordinary Zambians to reward the UPND members who contributed to their election victory. “That responsibility squarely lay’s on the shoulders of President Hakainde and the UPND leadership. We strongly request the UPND to depoliticise the markets and bus station forthwith” Mr. Silavwe said
Below is the statement: PRESS RELEASE Lusaka, 27th September, 202 The return of the UPND cadres to the markets and bus stations intimated by the UPND Lusaka Province Chairperson, Mr. Obvious Mwaliteta is totally unacceptable and must be condemned by every well meaning Citizen.
As Golden Party of Zambia (GPZ), we urge President Hakainde and the UPND leadership to find creative ways of empowering their members away from markets and bus stations and all our public spaces. No market or bus station has ever been built by a political party or cadres to warrant their presence in these public places. Public spaces are for every Zambians irregardless of their political affiliation.
It is not the duty of ordinary Zambians to reward the UPND members who contributed to their election victory. That responsibility squarely lay’s on the shoulders of President Hakainde and the UPND leadership. We strongly request the UPND to depoliticise the markets and bus station forthwith. Silavwe Jackson. President GPZ
