Sat, 26 May 2012 22:20:42 +0000 The excessively extravagant game of chance run by the Patriotic Front in the form of corrupt by elections is a matter that the National Assembly must consider very seriously. Already lawyers representing the Patriotic Front are facing problems in claiming their dues from the party, but it is clear that the cost to public coffers will be even more. With each by election the cost will run into Billions of Kwacha will inevitably be diverted from public commitment to serving the interests of the party. This is morally wrong. It would have been acceptable and forgivable if these petitions were, as the law provides, initiated by aggrieved candidates, but this is not the case. These petitions were initiated by the Patriotic Front secretariat and involved all the constituencies in which they lost. In other words they were commenced as a matter of party policy. With all due respects, it […]
