By MUBANGA LUCHEMBEMANY would-be candidates in the forthcoming August 12 general elections had been scratching their heads wondering whether they could stand as independent candidates after failing to secure adoptions from their respective political parties.These are politicians at the heart of Zambia’s slow motion political crack-up – now they have to win solo to stay in the game.If the long-predicted reconfiguration of Zambian politics under the country’s electoral system and strain of Covid-19 pandemic is to come to pass, watch out on post-election day for the success or failure of a new breed of independent candidates.Prominent MPs, including some former ministers, who then found themselves profoundly at odds with their party top-leadership had either been forced out of their political comfort zone or chosen to go it alone.That’s a huge step in a political culture and electoral system heavily dominated by two main parties – the ruling Patriotic Front and United Party for National Development.Independent […]
ARE INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES FIGHTING FOR POLITICAL SURVIVAL?
