By ANTHONY MIYOBATraditionally, electoral campaigns are opportunities for political parties and their candidates to propagate their manifestos about how public policies should change or remain the same.Political campaigns allow citizens to evaluate their options and they are rituals which have always pigeonholed Zambia’s democratic process since the country turned to multiparty politics.Then the coronavirus pandemic came and hit all nations across the globe.The COVID-19 has now become the prism through which many countries including Zambia are adapting to the new ways of life and spreading their policy ideas. The pandemic has placed a profound strain on the traditional electoral process of in-person campaigns not only in Zambia but in many other democracies.The COVID-19 still remains a public health emergency of monumental concern in Zambia. Yet some opposition political parties such as the United Party for National Development (UPND) are ready to defy the World Health Organisation (WHO) health guidelines and risk the lives of the […]
UPND NO RESPECTER OF PEOPLE’S LIVES AS HH VOWS TO DEFY COVID-19 HEALTH GUIDELINES AND EMBARK ON IN-PERSON CAMPAIGN RALLIES
