Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:31:40 +0000 Hakainde Hichilema’s third term balancing act Dear Editor, If there was ever a time that UPND president Hakainde Hichilema needed to be all things to all opposition party leaders, that time is now, following NAREP president Elias Chipimo’s clarification that President Edgar Lungu had not served a single term from the time he was elected in 2015 and is therefore eligible to contest the 2021 general elections (“Lungu can stand says Chipimo”, Daily Nation, January 13, 2017). But what can UPND add to a group of opposition parties whose leaders have given well-reasoned guidance on President Edgar Lungu’s eligibility to re-contest the next general elections in 2021? Even Wynter Kabimba the Rainbow Party leader and prominent lawyer did not mince his words on the matter. He said it did not make any sense for the UPND to think otherwise and oppose the provisions of the Constitution. Admittedly, it […]
