By ANTONIO MWANZATHE so-called Opposition Alliance of UPND and others has crumbled as NAREP becomes the latest casualty to leave the alliance.First it was Sean Tembo and his PEP who left the alliance, then Andyford Banda and his PAC quickly followed suit. Both cited lack of leadership, lack of honesty and a lack of a clear, agreed common agenda, bitterness and in-fighting within the alliance as some of the reasons why they decided to abandon the Opposition Alliance.Since independence, Zambia has had numerous political alliances and all of them have ended up in one way: failure.In 2006, UPND, FDD and UNIP formed a political alliance called United Democratic Alliance, (UDA) with the view of fielding one single candidate to defeat the MMD in the general elections.A bitter fight over who should lead the alliance quickly ensued and by the time UDA was settling for Mr Hakainde Sammy Hichilema as its leader, the alliance was dead […]
The end of the Opposition Alliance
