Fri, 22 Sep 2017 09:00:18 +0000 Recognition first step for dialogue. By Annie Zulu & Andrew Mukoma SECRET dialogue meetings with UPND leader Hakainde Hichilema which exclude other political parties will not yield any fruits. And any fruitful dialogue should incorporate all political parties and must be premised on HH recognising President Edgar Chagwa Lungu as Head of State. Anything short of these conditions will be a waste of time Mr. Mumbi has said. He advised the opposition leader to stop pre-empting the outcome of the proposed dialogue being spearheaded by the Commonwealth. He said doing setting impossible preconditions would lead to failure and incite violence. Mr Hichilema has charged that he was confident that the dialogue would be fruitful, but Mr Mumbi said Mr Hichilema’s initial statements were unacceptable. “How can he pre-empt the dialogue? Can he tell the Zambians what the context of his convictions are in the dialogue which has not yet […]
