Zambia’s UPND Cadres Attempt to Kill PF Chawama Official

UPND Cadres

Opposition United Party for National Development cadres at the weekend attempted to murder a Patriotic Front official only named as Mr Bwalya ahead of tomorrow’s ward by-election in the area.

The Patriotic Front issued a statement saying it was saddened by the stabbing of it’s Chawama Constituency chairman by suspected cadres from opposition United Party for National Development (UPND) in the latest political skirmish between the two rival party’s.

PF Vice-Chairperson for Media and Publicity Sunday Chanda says UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema should come out and condemn the violence that saw the PF official only identified as Mr. Bwalya in Chawama.

“The Patriotic Front (PF) condemns the violent stabbing of its Chawama Constituency Chairperson Mr. Bwalya today. This act of political savagery speaks to the need for UPND to depart from its violent culture and embrace peaceful means and co-existence. There is no doubt that Mr. Bwalya has become the latest victim of UPND’s Mapatizya Formula which the UPND continues to glorify.

“We are calling on UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema to step forward and condemn this act perpetrated by his members. Further, we are calling on Mr. Hichilema to denounce and regret the promotion and advancing of the Mapatizya Formula.” Chanda said.

And the Former Open Society Executive Director says the PF will continue to call for more political tolerance and co-existence among political parties and members. Chanda says belonging to different political groupings should not create enmity between people.

“It must never happen that brother rises up against brother and sister against sister. This is not the reason we chose democracy as a form of governance. We are calling for more tolerance and peace within and among political parties. PF wishes to assure Zambians that it will not consider revenging this violent act because an eye for an eye will make the nation go blind.” he said.

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Source: Zambia Reports

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