THE CHALLENGES OF A POLITICAL PARTY THAT HAS LOST POLITICAL POWERBy PROFESSOR GEOFFREY LUNGWANGWA A ruling Political Party in Africa that looses power following the general elections almost always faces a number of challenges.There are glaring examples in our country of this experience. UNIP was the first ruling Party to face the challenges of falling out of power in 1991.Those who followed the events after the 1991 elections can recall that the first remark by the late President Kaunda when he arrived at the airport from Chinsali was ” where were our women?’ Women are indeed the majority of the voters. The UNIP Womens’ league was a strong arm of the Party. President Kaunda expected his Party to win given the strength of the Womens’ league. He was deeply disappointed when it did not happen.Twenty years later, the MMD which enjoyed the pomp, splendour and unimaginable jubilation of taking over power in 1991 fell off […]
THE CHALLENGES OF A POLITICAL PARTY THAT HAS LOST POLITICAL POWER
