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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>UPND Spokesperson and Southern Province Minister Cornelius Mweetwa says the party does not expect much hustle and hurdles in winning the 2026 elections. He says there is no replacement this far, adding that \u201chonestly can you replace HH with Wynter Kabimba, Fred M\u2019membe?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mweetwa, says he was amazed that even politicians that dragged the country into economic malaise wanted to appear as saints who could save it by condemning President Hakainde Hichilema and his government.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very confident that the way President HH has gone ahead in governing this country this far, we do not expect so much hustle and hurdle in 2026. Because truth be said, this far we cannot see any formidable political grouping let alone any formidable political leader.<\/p>\n

Those who are projecting themselves, some of them when you look at them and their parties, they don\u2019t have even a single councillor but they contested in 2021 countrywide. They could not win not even a councillor.<\/p>\n

Then you now say \u2018you want to be the next president because of the cost of living\u2019 instead of telling people why the cost of living is like this. Instead of telling the people that it is where we have come from \u2013 10 years of political and economic turmoil which cannot be fixed over 10 months,\u201d Mweetwa said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact that whole conglomerate, that group of opposition, called opposition alliance, when you look at all of them they opposed HH\u2019s administration and they opposed his ascendance to power.<\/p>\n

They did not vote for him. So even when they can talk the way they are talking, saying \u2018we should remove this government\u2019 remove this government and replace it with what? Because there is no replacement this far. Honestly can you replace HH with Wynter Kabimba? Fred M\u2019membe? We don\u2019t know in PF whether it is Emmanuel Mwamba or Chishimba Kambwili.<\/p>\n

Kambwili already told the nation that don\u2019t go to PF. PF is poison. If you take poison, you will lose your life. What the opposition alliance can do is to begin to identify someone unblemished. It may take long. The way it took long for UPND to form government but it is possible.\u201d He said many political party leaders were parading themselves as potential presidents because they could insult more than others.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is not just as easy as waking up to write stories to become president. Your history will walk ahead of you, to pave way ahead of you, and tell people you are a wrong character all together. People who enjoyed denouncing others who have become presidents, you should prepare also to be scrutinised and we are equal the task,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut they are not yet electable. Are you sure the Zambians can stomach the idea of going back to PF and reinstitute political thuggery? So PF is out of the picture whether they rebrand or repent.<\/p>\n

Fred M\u2019membe, Wynter Kabimba and others are still in the political nursery. This far there is no strong opposition. The time of attacking HH recklessly is over. I will be here to respond to you as and when duty calls. So we need to be realistic as citizens. So when people who have destroyed our economy want to be the ones to speak the loudest, that is an act of political mockery to the citizens. It is like citizens don\u2019t know what they did when they went to vote and citizens don\u2019t understand why we are where we are as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mweetwa noted that the cost of living is high, \u201cbut it is being fixed\u201d. \u201cThere is prudence. We have a President who has gone 10 months without pay. Unprecedented! We have a President who goes out to of the country many times go-come not for leisure because there is a lot of work at hand. And true to his election promises, he said once we form government it will become work not party after party like we saw,\u201d said Mweetwa.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. UPND Spokesperson and Southern Province Minister Cornelius Mweetwa says the party does not expect much hustle and hurdles in winning the 2026 elections. 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