Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 By BENNIE MUNDANDO IT is shocking that the UPND is trying to trivialise and downplay the importance of recognising the election of President Edgar Lungu without recourse to the fact that it was their adamancy that has created unnecessary tension in the country, Government Chief Whip Richard Musukwa has said. He said it was wrong for UPND secretary-general Stephen Katuka to allege that the recognition of a duly elected president was not an issue because that was were peace and unity stemmed from. Mr. Musukwa said it was disappointing that while international signatories and statesmen such as former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and the church were initiating reconciliation between the ruling PF and the UPND, the opposition was trivialising the same fundamentals that had created the problem. He said he was taken aback by a statement from Mr. Katuka whom he described as one of the UPND high-ranking officials […]
