By NATION REPORTER FACKSON Shamenda has pleaded with President Hakainde Hichilema to embrace political competition and resist the temptation of shutting down divergent views for doing so would most likely kill democracy and that Zambians shall have to remember him as the father of the death of democracy. Mr Shamenda, the former Minister of Labour said in an interview that Zambia was losing its democracy because attempts to make the country a one-party state had been heightened under the UPND government, stating that democracy should be allowed to grow under modern dispensation. Mr Shamenda said the UPND had been competing against itself by ensuring real opposition political parties were prevented from participating in the electoral process and claiming popularity. “Politics is like a sport, like football. You can tell how good you are by competing. What is worrying me is that UPND is competing alone, against itself and claiming popularity. It is working alone. Michael […]
Don’t kill democracy, Shamenda advises HH
