COVID STANCE NOT POLITICAL – PRESIDENT LUNGU

By AARON CHIYANZO in Kawambwa                                           GOVERNMENT stance to curtail political crowds in the wake of the increasing Covid-19 cases is not targeted at the opposition but meant to avert a catastrophic situation, President Edgar Lungu has said.President Lungu has since called on traditional leaders to help make people understand that Covid-19 was real and ravaging some Asian countries.He said Government could not allow Covid-19 to ravage Zambia out of carelessness just because it was a political season.President Lungu said this when he paid a courtesy call on Senior Chief Mushota, Chief Chama and Chief Munkanta in Kawambwa yesterday.He said the Patriotic Front had nothing to fear for them to resort to trickery to stop others campaigning.President Lungu said people could campaign without drawn huge crowds as was being witnessed.He said the country risked being hit hard by Covid-19 if the political crowds were tolerated and the government would again be blamed for not taking action.“Help […]