{"id":53835,"date":"2023-12-14T19:29:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T19:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/?p=53835"},"modified":"2023-12-14T07:40:08","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T07:40:08","slug":"fred-mmembe-applauds-edgar-lungus-return-to-active-politics-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\/all-news\/fred-mmembe-applauds-edgar-lungus-return-to-active-politics-2","title":{"rendered":"Fred M\u2019membe Applauds Edgar Lungu\u2019s Return to Active Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>President of the Socialist Party,Fred M\u2019membe has backed sixth republican President Edgar Lungu\u2019s decision to return to active politics. During the 9th Memorial Anniversary of Zambia\u2019s fifth President Michael Chilufya Sata, Mr. Lungu, announced his return to active politics as the leader of the Patriotic Front (PF).<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Lungu has declared that he had come to salvage the PF from chaos being instigated by those in power. Some people have opposed Mr. Lungu\u2019s decision to return to active politics but Dr. M\u2019membe has applauded the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I was in Mr Edgar Chagwa Lungu\u2019s position I would have done exactly what he has done today \u2013 jump into the ring and fight.No decent person can allow a political party that made him President be annihilated in such a crooked, mendacious way.<\/p>\n<p>No sensible person can sit on his or her laurels and watch the country that gave him or her everything \u2013 the highest honour of being President \u2013 being destroyed by the most intolerant, corrupt, unpatriotic and tribalistic puppets,\u201d Dr. M\u2019membe stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA person who abides by unjust laws and practices, and permits another person to trample, divide and mistreat the people and the country in which he or she was born, is not an honourable person.It is understandable that honest people should be constantly in police cells or prisons in a Republic where the President is an intolerant, cruel, vengeful and corrupt puppet.\u201d Mr. Lungu resigned from politics after losing the 2021 presidential race to President Hakainde Hichilema.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this case, there\u2019s no sensible alternative for Mr Lungu but to abandon the benefits and privileges of a retired President and join the struggle for a more just, fair and more humane homeland.The intolerance, cruelty, tribalism, vengefulness and other repugnant tendencies of this corrupt puppet regime cannot be allowed to continue in this country,\u201d Dr. M\u2019membe noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zambia\">Zambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zambia. President of the Socialist Party,Fred M\u2019membe has backed sixth republican President Edgar Lungu\u2019s decision to return to active politics. During the 9th Memorial Anniversary of Zambia\u2019s fifth President Michael Chilufya Sata, Mr. Lungu, announced his return to active politics as the leader of the Patriotic Front (PF). 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