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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>A sitting president must have the self-confidence to want power and to believe that his exercise of it can tilt the country in the right direction. But he should also have the humility and maturity to recognise on any likely projection of the past that his power will come to an end, probably in about five years, maybe less, only exceptionally more. This is the reality of life and leadership.<\/p>\n

And the test of his statesmanship in the context of history will not therefore be how many trees he pulls up by the roots but how he fits into a continuous process of adaptation in which, leadership is combined with sensitivity to national mood. That said, I warn you that you must not expect work and things to be better under his rule.<\/p>\n

In a futile attempt to get single digit inflation, he drained the blood \u2013 money \u2013 out of the economy, killing effective demand. When many have no money to spend, more will not be able to earn. When they don\u2019t earn, they don\u2019t spend. When they don\u2019t spend work dies \u2013 production of goods and services shrinks.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hurting, but he doesn\u2019t want you to complain, to shout and be heard. He wants you to endure all the pain in silence. He is ready to use the police in all sorts of ways to keep you in painful silence. To him, leadership entails, bringing the country and its people under control by all means necessary, including brute force.<\/p>\n

But I warn you again that, if you don\u2019t resist, you will be quiet. When the curfew of fear and the gibbet of unemployment, hunger and starvation make you obedient.<\/p>\n

Mr Hakainde Hichilema has become more of an Emperor than a president. That power produces arrogance, and when it is toughened by intolerance and flattered, and frowned upon by spineless sycophants, the arrogance corrupts absolutely.<\/p>\n

Such arrogance, unless moderated by colleagues who have more humility, experience, understanding, and sensitivity, can turn into a horrendous vice. Unfortunately, Mr Hichilema, as an Emperor, doesn\u2019t have colleagues in his Cabinet with both the courage and the ability to argue with him and moderate his ego, arrogance and intolerance.<\/p>\n

Today, Mr Hichilema may posture and pretend to be very strong, visionary and confident. But gigantic problems lie ahead. He doesn\u2019t know where he is headed, and that is very dangerous. Whatever he is doing is a mere shot in the dark \u2013 he is just guessing that what he says or does is correct or will yield successful outcomes. It\u2019s a gamble!<\/p>\n

So far, Mr Hichilema\u2019s great achievement is directionless emperorship: he appears to be in control, but no one knows where he is heading. It\u2019s time to wake up, unite, and resist Mr. Hichilema\u2019s destruction of our country and our lives.<\/p>\n

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