Tue, 21 Mar 2017 12:38:52 +0000 By ANNIE ZULU OPPOSITION political parties should accord President Edgar Lungu the respect he deserves because he is the leader of the nation whether they like it or not, says Chief Chipepo of the Tonga people of Southern Province. Chief Chipepo said he was disappointed with what he called “insult statements” on President Lungu after his address to Parliament last week by some opposition leaders. In an interview with the Daily Nation, the traditional leader advised politicians to practise politics of maturity, saying that there were a lot of issues the opposition could talk about other than insulting the Head of State. He charged that all those who were insulting President Lungu were also insulting Zambians because they were the ones who put him in that position. “Politicians must learn to be mature; there are a lot of issues that politicians should be talking about, not always […]
