Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:31:37 +0000 By Bennie Mundando POLITICAL parties must work hard to dismantle the current regional electoral outlook which has again shown its ugly face in the just-ended by-elections, political activist McDonald Chipenzi has observed. Mr Chipenzi said Zambia’s electoral future was in limbo and not promising of any good news. He said the just-ended four district chairpersons’ and nine ward by-elections were clearly a continuation of the 2016 general election voting pattern which was premised on regionalism, an indication that there was still work to be done if the outlook was to change in 2021. He noted that regional politics were dangerous to the promotion of peace and unity in the country hence the need for massive sensitization and political will especially from the PF and UPND to change the state of affairs. “Indeed, these by-elections still point to the deeply reinforced regional voting in the country. This can be evidenced […]
