CHISHIMBA NOT AWARE OF HIS KABWATA CANDIDATE WITHDRAW PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ON THE “WITHDRAWAL” OF MR. FRANCIS M LIBANDA FROM THE KABWATA BY ELECTION
We, in the United Progressive People (UPP), have not received any official communication from Comrade Francis M. Libanda on the reported “withdrawal” from the Kabwata Parliamentary by election.
Noting that there is a letter which is purportedly submitted by him to the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ), we are expecting ECZ to officially communicate with us.
This is predicted on the fact that we are 100% the sponsors of his candidature. Our patriotic and national interests in the matter must be noted.Our efforts to reach him have failed.
Some party officials last spotted him on Friday, 7 January, 2022 at a shopping mall in Kabulonga where he was seen with the vehicle that the party gave him.
The party spokesperson will issue a comprehensive statement when we receive official communication from the ECZ.
Our nation is yearning for genuine saviours who will put national interests before self. It remains our genuine desire to be given the chance to work with the people of Kabwata for the transformation of the constituency into a model city within a city.
Saviour Chishimba
Leader United Progressive People (UPP)
Following the withdrawal of the UPP candidate over flimsy grounds from the Kabwata bye-election, the role played by national interests in our electoral process deserves special mention. Any citizen who flaunts our national interests in preference for individual interests should be held accountable. Otherwise a very bad precedence will be set in motion for future up-coming elections. We insist that Zambia’s national interests should not be reconstructed due to egoistic individual interests. They should be treated as obligatory interests by all candidates of an election and they should be stated explicitly beforehand. This is because national interests are a public declaration of a country’s needs and intentions based on an assessment of the current situation. What has happened in the Kabwata bye-elections shows clearly that there are some unpatriotic egocentric individuals who want to sabotage the stability of our national interests. One even wonders if he was paid money to do this on purpose. It would be a bad idea for the ACC to come in to investigate the matter.
It would not be a bad idea for the ACC to investigate the matter.