{"id":29639,"date":"2022-08-23T17:01:55","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T17:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-all-gascountry-tottering-on-brink-of-disaster-says-mpombo"},"modified":"2022-08-23T17:23:38","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T17:23:38","slug":"upnd-all-gascountry-tottering-on-brink-of-disaster-says-mpombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/upnd-all-gascountry-tottering-on-brink-of-disaster-says-mpombo","title":{"rendered":"UPND ALL GAS\u2026country tottering on brink of disaster, says Mpombo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>GEORGE Mpombo says UPND is easy to beat in 2026 because of what he described as cantankerous leadership. However, the former defence minister in the Levy Mwanawasa administration warned the opposition that it will suffer a \u201cshellacking of gigantesque proportion if they went into 2026 split\u201d.<\/p>\n

Commenting on former NDC leader Mwenya Musenge\u2019s plans to form a political party, Mpombo, a former Kafulafuta member of parliament, urged Musenge to either join the PF or the Socialist Party.<\/p>\n

\u201cUPND is easy to beat because of cantankerous leadership style, their grandiloquent promises is all gas and no substance while the country I see tottering on the brink of disaster in all sphere of national life,\u201d Mpombo said. He advised the opposition to work together.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is an imperative need for opposition to put both hands on deck than enganging in reckless acts of political self-immolisation by forming parties which will distract political attention through unnecessary hair-splitting,\u201d he said. \u201cIf the opposition goes into the 2026 election split they will suffer a shellacking of gigantesque proportion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mpombo said it was \u201cabsolutely discombulating and befuddling\u201d that Musenge is contemplating forming a political party instead working together with existing political parties like PF or the Socialist Party. Apart from Musenge, Harry Kalaba, the former DP president, is forming a new political party.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. GEORGE Mpombo says UPND is easy to beat in 2026 because of what he described as cantankerous leadership. However, the former defence minister in the Levy Mwanawasa administration warned the opposition that it will suffer a \u201cshellacking of gigantesque proportion if they went into 2026 split\u201d. 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