THE display of magnanimity between President Edgar Lungu and his successor, President-elect Hakainde Hichilema, is truly awe inspiring.We feel particularly for President Lungu who has not only endured electoral defeat but has also suffered extreme betrayal from those he trusted and relied on to give him counsel and an accurate assessment of the Patriotic Front Party and the message it should have taken to ensure victory.For example, anybody with access to Parallel Voter Tabulation will have known by early Friday last week that victory for the PF was not possible, and yet some party insiders who knew better championed a positive narrative promising that the President would win with a comfortable margin.We refused to perpetuate this false narrative because it served no useful purpose.Quite clearly, the misplaced optimism was an extension on the misplaced campaign messages that ignored the critical political mass represented by the youth.The party grassroot have also been shell shocked by the […]
INSPIRING MAGNAMITY
