Fri, 09 Feb 2018 11:03:20 +0000 By LINDA SOKO TEMBO FOUNDATION for Democratic Process (FODEP) has questioned the relevance of some political parties in Zambia. FODEP executive director Mweenge Chimfwembe said as an NGO they were concerned with the ever-increasing political parties in the country. Mr Chimfwembe wondered if the existence of some of the parties was primed towards alleviating poverty or helping to end youth unemployment. Mr Chimfwembe wondered if the political parties were relevant to the existing political dispensation. He said the country’s constitution gave the right for any citizen to form an association to share ideas to express oneself and participate in the governance of the nation. In an interview with the Daily Nation, Mr Chimfwembe explained that the constitution did not address the issue of relevance in a democracy. He said the country was seeing a situation where some political parties or individuals could be described as spoilers and that their […]
