IT appears as though political parties are not being honest not only with themselves but with the public.In public, they profess to preach peace, promising that their members would be at their best behaviour at all times.But behind the scenes, they plot evil against their political opponents. The top leadership in these parties must not be allowed to plead innocence to what is happening on the ground.How could the UPND for example explain what is happening in Lusaka’s Matero Township where youths brandishing machetes and other assorted weaponry go about putting up posters in the night?Someone within the party must be giving them the campaign material and directing them when to mount them – and of course to be able to defend themselves.But if their intentions were legal, why should they be armed to the teeth in the process?In one of the letters that we published on the Reader’s Forum yesterday, Mr Peter Sinkamba narrated […]
GENUINE PEACE
