By JOHN KOMBECONTESTING an election as an independent candidate is not defiance as is being perceived, an independent mayoral candidate in Chongwe has said.Former Chongwe PF constituency vice chairperson, Oscar Kaleya made the observation in an interview yesterday.Mr Kaleya said that Zambia was a democratic state which welcomed the inclusion of independent representatives and as such they must be accepted.He observed that the August 12 general elections had an unprecedented number of independent candidates because of compromised adoption processes in political parties.Mr Kaleya urged political parties to embrace the reality as it was that going independent was not a breach of the constitution. He stressed that he had wanted to contest on the Patriotic Front ticket, but was left out.Mr Kaleya said that his decision was not out of bitterness, but conviction. He was therefore confident that he would deliver to the expectation of the electorate once elected into office.He also said that the pronouncement by […]
‘GOING INDEPENDENT IS NOT ILLEGAL’
