Incumbent President Edgar Lungu has told a public rally in the Southern province capital, Choma that there will be no rerun in the August 11 presidential election.
President Lungu who is touring Southern province by road said he will get over 50 percent of votes in the first round of the vote as required by the new electoral clause.
He said he was confident of winning elections because the PF is more organised.
President Lungu denounced tribal politics saying he will want to work with Zambians from all provinces.
He said it is a shame that this generation of politicians is the ones championing tribal politics.
The President said it is well documented in the country’s history that no party has ever formed government using tribalism.
President Lungu said even some individuals who wanted to use tribalism to succeed late President Michael Sata in the PF and Anderson Mazoka in the UPND respectively failed.
President Lungu condemned the UPND Cadres who allegedly attacked PF members in Kaleya. He said tribal politics has never worked in Zambia.
At the same rally 50 opposition Rainbow Party members led by District Chairlady defected to PF.
True Mr President, in that you are losing in the first round, where you will only get just over 30% of the polls. HH is winning in round one by getting over 60% of the vote. I therefore agree with you Mr President, no rerun!
Where will 51% come from, through rigging? He does not seem to read the mood of the people? Where is he getting the audacity to speak like that? Is he rigging machinery adequate
Why is he stopping others to have rallies when himself is having rallies?
Pf harvesting former pf members.
No progress ba Timbwi no plan.
A reject assuring the nation that there will be no rerun.
Thanks bwana.
Pf is an enemy of Zambians. Zambians will vote for other candidates.
The pf likely to receive very few votes due to the sufferings they have subjected the Zambian people.
No normal person will dream of voting for pf problems.
It is not the opposition who will remove pf but the suffering Zambians.
This is the truth. Wait and see.
UPND is winning by 70% in first round. Pf crookedly won in jan 15, The coming election doesnot favour pf in any way, that is why the opposition is being restricted. The tribalism in zambia is a political one which resurfaces only during campaigns and dies thereafter. It is for the purpose of divide & rule. Citizens should ignore the pf cadres that keep talking about tribalism that does not exist, it is only them that are seeing it.
ECL is campaigning why he has locked out the opposition! What evil of a man! Is this the humble man they claim to be? What a shame for Zambia!
PF members defecting to PF, disguised as opposition members. Remember PF membership carries no card
I do not think those thugs who attacked fellow Zambians at kaleya were doing it out of tribalism.
They are just misled individuals who think people should be coerced to be members of their party.
Actually I see very little difference between those Kaleya thugs and Hon. Kapata (Luapula no go area for non-PF), father Frank Bwalya, Mumbi Phiri and Mr Davies Chama and Hon. kambwili’s conduct.
President Lungu should really stand up and fight this scourge which started with the coming of PF into power in 2011.